Edwards v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

LEADBETTER, Judge.

Before this court in its original jurisdiction are the preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) to the petition of Robert A. Edwards. Edwards has petitioned this court for a writ of mandamus directing the Board to remove a detainer warrant filed against him as a convicted parole violator based upon the Board’s failure to hold a timely revocation hearing.

In 1973, the Commonwealth convicted Edwards of first-degree murder and incarcerated him at State Correctional Facility-Graterford until his parole in 1988.…