Case Name: In the Matter of Jerome Cohen, Appellant, v. Israel Gonzalez et al., as Commissioners of the New York State Parole Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-10-15
Citations: 254 A.D.2d 556
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Jerome Cohen, Appellant, v Israel Gonzalez et al., as Commissioners of the New York State Parole Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 556–556

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Jerome Cohen, Appellant, v Israel Gonzalez et al., as Commissioners of the New York State Parole Board, Respondent.
[679 NYS2d 348]

Opinion:
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Kane, J.), entered February 2, 1998 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review respondents' determination denying petitioner's request for parole release.
Petitioner is presently serving a prison term of four years to life following his conviction of the crime of attempted sodomy in the second degree. The State Parole Board denied his 1997 request for parole release based upon the severity of his crime, which involved deviant sexual behavior with a 13-year-old female, and his 42-year history of similar deviant sexual behavior and criminal convictions. Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging the determination on the ground that the Parole Board improperly considered his criminal history in denying his request for parole release. Supreme Court dismissed the petition and we affirm. The Parole Board was required to consider, among other factors, the serious nature of petitioner's crime and his prior criminal conduct (see, Matter of King v New York State Div. of Parole, 83 NY2d 788). Accordingly, we conclude that Supreme Court appropriately dismissed the petition.
Crew III, J. P., Yesawich Jr., Peters, Spain and Carpinello, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.