MATTER OF OKAFOR v. RUSSI


222 A.D.2d 920 (1995)

635 N.Y.S.2d 340

In the Matter of Charles Okafor, Petitioner, v. Raul Russi, as Chairman of The New York State Division of Parole, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

December 21, 1995


After killing his wife in the presence of his son, petitioner was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and was sentenced to prison. Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging the denial of his request for parole on the basis that this determination is arbitrary and irrational. The record reveals that, in denying petitioner's request...

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