ALBANY, N.Y. - Eric M. Smith, who was 13 when he killed a 4-year-old boy with a rock in western New York, has been granted parole, corrections officials said on Saturday.Smith, now 41, appeared for the 11th time before the Board of Parole on October 5 and was granted release as early as Nov.
17, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said in an emailed statement.Transcripts of the hearing were not immediately released.RELATED: 3 charged after 21-year-old woman found dismemberedSmith was convicted of second-degree murder in 1994 for luring Derrick Robie into woods near the younger boy's home and striking his head with a rock.