[brief] TABLE OF CONTENTS  PRELIMINARY STATEMENT .........................................................................................1  PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND STATEMENT OF FACTS ........................................4  A.  Factual Background and Prior Appeals ..............................................................4 B. Relevant Clinical Risk Assessments ..................................................................6 C. Parole Board Decision on Appeal .....................................................................9 LEGAL ARGUMENT ....................................................................................................13 POINT I STANDARD OF REVIEW .......................................................................................14 POINT II APPLICABLE LAW UNDER THE PAROLE ACT OF 1979 .....................................16 POINT III THE BOARD FAILED TO ESTABLISH THAT [...] PRESENTS A SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD OF REOFFENSE IF RELEASED (Pa1-6) .........................................................................................19 POINT IV THE BOARD FAILED TO PROPERLY CONSIDER MATERIAL FACTS INCLUDING PETITIONER’S SIGNIFICANT MITIGATION EVIDENCE (Pa1-6) .........................................................................................25 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................28 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases Acoli v. N.J. State Parole Bd., 224 N.J. 213 (2016) ..............................................................................................................17 Acoli v. N.J. State Parole Bd., 250 N.J. 431 (2022) .............................................................................................................14, 15, 17, 21 Acoli v. N.J. State Parole Bd., 462 N.J. Super. 39 (App. Div. 2019)  ....................................................................................17  Berta v. N.J. State Parole Bd., 473 N.J. Super. 284 (App. Div. 2022)  ..................................................................................6, 14, 21, 22  Kosmin v. N.J. State Parole Bd., 363 N.J. Super. 28 (App. Div. 2003)  ...................................................................................15, 16, 17, 23  McGowan v. N.J. State Parole Bd., 347 N.J. Super. 544 (App. Div. 2002)  ..................................................................................17  N.J. State Parole Bd. v. Byrne, 93 N.J. 192 (1983)  ................................................................................................................17  N.J. State Parole Bd. v. Cestari, 224 N.J. Super. 534 (App. Div. 1988)  ..................................................................................15  Trantino v. N.J. State Parole Bd., (Trantino IV), 154 N.J. 19 (1998) ..........................................................................................15, 17, 28  Trantino v.  N.J. State Parole Bd., (Trantino VI), 166 N.J. 113 (2001) .......................................................................................15, 16, 17, 18 Trantino v. N.J. State Parole Bd., 331 N.J. Super. 577 (App. Div. 2000) ..................................................................................16 Statutes and Regulations N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.53(a) ..............................................................................................................17 N.J.A.C. 10A:71-3.11(b)..................................................................................................................18 Hyson v. N.J. State Parole Bd., No. A-2693-07 (App. Div. Apr. 21, 2009) .............................................................................18 TABLE OF JUDGMENTS, ORDERS AND RULINGS ON APPEAL New Jersey State Parole Board Notice of Final Agency Decision, dated February 28, 2024 .................................................................Pa1 INDEX OF APPENDIX Volume I New Jersey State Parole Board Notice of Final Agency Decision .................. Pa1 Notice of Appeal, filed April 10, 2024 .......................................................... Pa8 Amended Notice of Appeal, filed April 18, 2024 ........................................... Pa11