Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1977

People ex rel. Van Luven v. Henderson

People ex rel. Van Luven v. Henderson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 15, 1977
57 A.D.2d 729; 395 N.Y.S.2d 563; 1977 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11786
People ex rel. Van Luven v. Henderson

Opinion of the Court

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Relator was sentenced in Supreme Court, Cayuga County, on April 26, 1965 on his plea of guilty to grand larceny, first degree, *730to an indeterminate sentence of 7 to 15 years. On January 20, 1976, he was given a parole release hearing. His parole was denied, and he was furnished with the following written statement of the reasons for denial of parole: "1. You are a parole violator; 2. You have been granted probation in the past; 3. This is your eighth (8th) conviction; 4. You do not learn from experience; 5. You have unrealistic plans for the future.” Special Term dismissed relator’s petition to require a further statement from the Board of Parole. It found the reasons given were meaningful and sufficient and we agree that they were (see Matter of Ebbs v Regan, 54 AD2d 611; People ex rel. Ganci v Henderson, 54 AD2d 609; Matter of Watkins v Caldwell, 54 AD2d 42). (Appeal from judgment of Cayuga Supreme Court—habeas corpus.) Present —Moule, J. P., Cardamone, Simons, Dillon and Witmer, JJ.

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