ALBANY – The fate of an Albany surrogate, the constitutionality of a cyber-bullying law and the power of the parole board to rescind a release decision captivated the Court of Appeals Thursday in a trio of unrelated oral arguments.
In rapid succession, the high court heard arguments that could determine whether Albany County Surrogate Cathryn Doyle keeps her job, whether a local cyber-bullying law criminalizes constitutionally protected speech and whether after-the-fact complaints of victims constitute new evidence to rescind a grant of parole. The cases are Matter of Doyle, 106, People v. Marquan, 139, and Matter of Costello, 140.
