Orama v. New York State Division of Parole

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Feldstein, J.), entered October 21, 2008 in Franklin County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CFLR article 78, to review a determination of the Board of Parole denying petitioner’s request for parole release.

*1407In 1979, petitioner was convicted of a number of crimes, including two counts of attempted murder in the first degree, for which he was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 15 years to life. In December 2006, he made his eighth appearance before the Board of Parole seeking parole release. At the…