Thomas v. Travis

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Torraca, J.), entered May 12, 1998 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the State Board of Parole denying petitioner’s request for parole release.

Petitioner was convicted upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of rape in the second degree and sexual abuse in the first degree and is currently serving consecutive prison sentences of 21/s to 7 years. Supreme Court dismissed petitioner’s challenge to the 1997 denial of his application for parole release,…