Brown was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to a mandatory life term with no parole
Brown has served more than 44 years, and on Friday was resentenced to 42 years to life, and made eligible for parole, in light of U.S. Supreme Court rulings on juvenile lifers
The last of Erie County s nine juvenile lifers is on a path to leave state prison, possibly in the near future.
Allen J. Brown, 61, got a life sentence with no parole for fatally shooting an Erie man with a rifle in 1976, when Brown was 17.
He was resentenced in Erie County Court on Friday to 42 years to life.