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Tafari v. Glenn

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jul 6, 2006
31 A.D.3d 843 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

98957.

July 6, 2006.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lamont, J.), entered September 6, 2005 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Department of Correctional Services calculating petitioner's parole eligibility date.

Before: Cardona, P.J., Crew III, Peters, Mugglin and Kane, JJ.


On May 4, 1989, petitioner was sentenced as a persistent violent felony offender to two concurrent prison terms of 20 years to life. Petitioner contested the manner in which the Department of Correctional Services calculated his parole eligibility date and requested that he be credited with time served under two prior sentences as though those sentences ran concurrent to his 1989 sentence. When the Department denied his request, he commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding. Supreme Court dismissed his petition and this appeal ensued. Because petitioner was sentenced as a persistent violent felony offender pursuant to Penal Law § 70.08, his 1989 sentence must be consecutive to any prior undischarged sentence ( see Penal Law § 70.25 [2-a]; see e.g. Matter of El-Aziz v Goord, 27 AD3d 861; Matter of Soriano v New York State Dept. of Correctional Servs., 21 AD3d 1233, 1234).

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.


Summaries of

Tafari v. Glenn

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jul 6, 2006
31 A.D.3d 843 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

Tafari v. Glenn

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of INJAH E. TAFARI, Also Known as RICHARD O. FOUST…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Jul 6, 2006

Citations

31 A.D.3d 843 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 5263
817 N.Y.S.2d 754

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