Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Dorian

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 27, 1983No. 189 W.D. Allocatur Docket 1983PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

These are cross petitions for allowance of appeal from an opinion and order of Superior Court, — Pa.Super. —, 460 A.2d 1121, affirming an order of Cambria County Common Pleas denying petitioner Sheldon Dorian’s motion to modify his sentence. The sentencing judge sentenced petitioner Dorian to a six to twelve year prison term for a burglary he committed while on parole. He ordered that sentence to run concurrent with the remaining time on his original sentence which he was required to serve after his parole violation. The Superior Court panel correctly denied petitioner Dorian relief on…

3Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ZuberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. DraperSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. DorianSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

4Cited by42 opinions

  1. Zerby v. ShanonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  2. McCaskill v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  3. Commonwealth v. ColesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Palmer v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  5. Lawrence v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

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