Black v. New York State Board of Parole

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (O’Connor, J.), entered September 20, 2010 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 medical parole release.

In 2005, petitioner was convicted of rape in the first degree and criminal sexual act in the first degree and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 10 years in prison.* While in prison, petitioner suffered a spinal cord injury that rendered him a quadriplegic. In October 2009, he made his first appearance…