Scott v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Curtis Scott appeals from a denial of administrative relief by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. The board ordered that Scott be recommitted, as a convicted parole violator, for a total of forty months backtime, reviewable in 1984. Scott *565contends, citing 37 Pa. Code §71.4(2), that the parole board failed to afford him a revocation hearing within 120 days after the conviction date. Scott also contends that the regulatory exceptions to the 120-day period do not account for all of the time between his date of conviction and the date of the parole hearing, and…