Bottom v. New York State Board of Parole

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (McNamara, J.), entered July 5, 2005 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent denying petitioner’s request for parole release.

Petitioner is serving two concurrent prison terms of 25 years to life as a result of his conviction of two counts of murder. Petitioner’s convictions arose from his participation in the 1971 shooting deaths of two police officers. After exhausting his administrative appeals following the denial of his second request for…