Dean v. New York State Division of Parole

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Kavanagh, J.), entered March 21, 2005 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CFLR article 78, to review a determination of the Board of Earole denying his request for parole release.

Fetitioner is serving an aggregate prison sentence of 25 years *1208to life following his 1978 conviction of, among other things, murder in the first degree for the shooting death of a police officer. Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging an April 2004 determination of the Board of Parole denying his…