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Matter of Wright v. Travis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 25, 2001
284 A.D.2d 544 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

Submitted May 18, 2001.

June 25, 2001.

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the New York State Board of Parole, dated December 9, 1999, denying the petitioner's request to be released on parole, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Leavitt, J.), dated September 29, 2000, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.

Harry I. Subin, New York, N.Y., for appellant.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney-General, New York, N.Y. (Marion R. Buchbinder, Adam Aronson, Patrick J. Walsh, and Robert H. Easton of counsel), for respondent.

Before: MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, J.P., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, LEO F. McGINITY, BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.


ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The discretionary decisions of the New York State Board of Parole (hereinafter the Board), if made in accordance with the statutory factors, are not subject to judicial review (see, Matter of Heitman v. New York State Bd. of Parole, 214 A.D.2d 673; Matter of Macon v. New York State Bd. of Parole, 176 A.D.2d 880).

Here, the Board rendered its determination after considering the full record, including the petitioner's institutional and educational achievements and her release plans. The Board's determination that the petitioner's positive achievements were outweighed by the serious and repetitive nature of her crimes was within its discretion and is not subject to judicial review (see, Matter of Secilmic v. Keane, 225 A.D.2d 628; Matter of Carrion v. New York State Bd. of Parole, 210 A.D.2d 403; Gonzalez v. Rodriguez, 135 A.D.2d 633).

ALTMAN, J.P., KRAUSMAN, McGINITY and COZIER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Wright v. Travis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 25, 2001
284 A.D.2d 544 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

Matter of Wright v. Travis

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF BLANCHE WRIGHT, appellant, v. BRION D. TRAVIS, ETC.…

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

Date published: Jun 25, 2001

Citations

284 A.D.2d 544 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
727 N.Y.S.2d 630

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