Flecha v. Russi

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Bradley, J.), entered February 13, 1995 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.

Petitioner is a prison inmate serving consecutive terms of imprisonment of 3 to 9 years upon his plea of guilty to the crimes of rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree. Petitioner challenges the denial of his request for parole and argues, inter alia, that the Parole Board’s determination is arbitrary,…