Hears v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

James Hears (Hears) petitions for review of the May 13, 2003 order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) denying him administrative relief from the recalculation of his maximum term of expiry based upon his new criminal conviction and recommitment as a technical and convicted parole violator. Hears contends that he should have received credit toward his original sentence for the time he spent in custody prior to conviction and sentencing on the new crim inal charges because that time served exceeded the length of his new sentence.

On October 11,…