Baker v. Russi

Dec 10, 1992
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Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Conway, J.), entered January 31, 1992 in Albany County, ‍​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‍which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Board of Parole denying petitioner’s request for parole.

Decisions of the Board of Parole are discretionary ‍​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‍and not subject to judicial review if made in accordance with the requirements of the statute (Matter of McKee v New York State Bd. of Parole, 157 AD2d 944). The Board denied petitioner’s request for ‍​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‍parole in this case based upon the seriousness of the offense and his apparent need for psychological counseling. We find that these reasons were supported by the record *772and that the determination was ‍​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‍made in accordance with the law (see, Matter of Wright v Parole Div., 132 AD2d 821; Matter of Ristau v Hammock, 103 AD2d 944, lv denied 63 NY2d 608). We find petitioner’s other arguments to be without merit.

Weiss, P. ‍​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‍J., Levine, Crew III, Mahoney and Harvey, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.