Case Name: In the Matter of Raymond Holdip, Petitioner, v. Brion D. Travis, as Chairman of New York State Division of Parole, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-07-09
Citations: 9 A.D.3d 825
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Raymond Holdip, Petitioner, v Brion D. Travis, as Chairman of New York State Division of Parole, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 825–826

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Raymond Holdip, Petitioner, v Brion D. Travis, as Chairman of New York State Division of Parole, Respondent.
[779 NYS2d 382]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department by order of the Supreme Court, Wyoming County [Mark H. Dadd, A.J.], entered February 17, 2004) to review a determination of respondent. The determination revoked petitioner's parole after a hearing.
It is hereby ordered that the determination be and the same hereby is unanimously confirmed without costs and the petition is dismissed.
Memorandum: Petitioner commenced this proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 challenging the determination revoking his parole. The plea of guilty by petitioner to the sole charge against him precludes his present challenge to the legal sufficiency of the evidence of guilt (see Matter of Grant v Goord, 247 AD2d 662, 663 [1998]). "In any event, the guilty plea constitutes substantial evidence of his guilt" (Matter of Fuller v Goord, 299 AD2d 849, 849 [2002], lv dismissed 100 NY2d 531 [2003]; see Matter of Perez v Selsky, 284 AD2d 760 [2001]). Present— Pigott, Jr., P.J., Gorski, Martoche, Lawton and Hayes, JJ.