Wood v. New York State Board of Parole

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lament, J.), entered September 12, 2000 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 has been in prison since 1979 serving a prison sentence of 15 years to life upon his conviction of murder in the second degree. Petitioner’s applications for parole release were previously denied in 1994, 1996 and 1998. In January 2000, petitioner again appeared before respondent for a parole release…