Matter of Siao-Pao v Dennison

2008 NY Slip Op 06872

Decided on September 16, 2008

Court of Appeals

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on September 16, 2008
No. 200 SSM 27






Submitted by Steven N. Feinman, for appellant.
Submitted by Leopold Siao-Pao, pro se, appellant.
Submitted by Robert C. Weisz, for respondent.


MEMORANDUM:

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

The courts below applied the correct legal standards and properly considered the Board of Parole's written determination, which, when evaluated in the context of the parole hearing [*2]transcript, demonstrated that the Board considered the required statutory factors (see Executive Law § 259-i; Matter of Silmon v Travis, 95 NY2d 470, 476 [2000]). The Board's written determination, while less detailed than it might be, is not merely "conclusory" and so does not violate Executive Law § 259-i (2) (a) (I).
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On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order affirmed, without costs, in a memorandum. Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Ciparick, Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Jones
concur.
Decided September 16, 2008