IN THE MATTER OF VARGAS v. NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF PAROLE


20 A.D.3d 738 (2005)

797 N.Y.S.2d 783

In the Matter of MICHAEL VARGAS, Appellant, v. NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF PAROLE, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

July 14, 2005.


As the result of a 1979 incident in which he and another individual stole a bicycle after displaying a firearm, petitioner was convicted as a youthful offender of robbery in the first degree. Following this conviction, and while awaiting transfer to an upstate correctional facility, petitioner escaped from prison. While at large, he shot a reputed drug dealer five times, causing his death. He was subsequently convicted of escape in the first degree and murder in the second...

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