Steele v. New York State Division of Parole

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Board of Parole revoking petitioner’s postrelease supervision period and imposing an 18-month hold.

Petitioner pleaded guilty to attempted rape in the first degree and was sentenced to five years in prison, followed by five years of postrelease supervision. After his release to postrelease supervision, petitioner was charged with violating various conditions of his release, including using cocaine and failing to complete a mandatory drug…