Blair v. Pa. Bd. of Prob. & Parole

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

James H. Blair (Petitioner) has filed a petition for allowance of review nunc pro tunc of a decision of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole denying him administrative relief from a parole revocation order. For the reasons which follow, we will grant the petition and allow the appeal to proceed.

The issue raised by this matter involves yet another dilemma regarding the respective responsibilities of county public defenders in representing indigent parolees who have been transferred between correctional facilities during the pendency of parole revocation…