Legal Opinion

Forbes v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 30, 2008No. Appeal No. 88 MAP 2007PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

2Per curiam

AND NOW, this 30th day of April, 2008, the order of the Commonwealth Court is AFFIRMED.1. This Court offers no comment concerning the Commonwealth Court's determination that all challenges to sentencing aggregation proceed in mandamus as opposed to habeas corpus, see Forbes v. PBPP, 931 A.2d 88, 91 (Pa.Cmwllh.2007), since such question has not been pursued by either party in the present appeal. This disposition is limited to the availability of the extraordinary remedy of mandamus, implicated by a clear right to relief in the form of the performance of ministerial duties required of the…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Seeton v. Pennsylvania Game CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Forbes v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

4Cited by3 opinions

  1. Moss v. SCI - Mahanoy Superintendent Pa. Bd. of Prob. & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  2. Commonwealth v. MartzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  3. J. Taylor v. DOCCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2023

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