Mays v. Stanford

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (LaBuda, J.), entered August 18, 2016 in Sullivan County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Board of Parole denying his request for parole release.

In 1986, petitioner robbed a cab driver at gunpoint and later pleaded guilty to attempted robbery in the first degree, but absconded to North Carolina prior to sentencing. He was sentenced in absentia to 3 to 9 years in prison. Petitioner subsequently returned to New York and fatally shot a 16-year-old girl after she…