Legal Opinion

Evans v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 23, 1998No. 86 M.D. 1998PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Before this Court are preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (collectively, the Board) in response to a petition for review in the nature of mandamus filed in our original jurisdiction by inmate Richard Evans (Evans). In his petition, he claims that the calculation of his maximum sentence date by the Board was erroneous and requests a hearing to determine the proper calculation of the maximum term of his sentence.

Evans is incarcerated-at SCI-Huntingdon after…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  2. Clair v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. McMahon v. COM., PA. BD. OF PR. & PAROLESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Donnell v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Pittman v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. Commonwealth, Department of Corrections v. ReeseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. McGriff v. COM., BD. OF PROBATION & PAROLECommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  4. McGriff v. Commonwealth of Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  5. Boykin v. SIENA HOUSE GAUDENZIA PROGRAMDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2006

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