Russnak v. Commonwealth

Opinion

BENTON, J.

While on parole, Carl David Russnak was ordered by the trial judge to show cause why a fifteen year suspended prison sentence should not be revoked. Russnak appeals from an order which, although not revoking the suspended sentence, required restitution and imposed supervised probation, neither of which condition was imposed in the sentencing order. Russnak contends: (1) that there was no proof of a violation sufficient to sustain an adverse ruling; and (2) that the ordering of restitution and probation was tantamount to imposition of a new sentence. For the reasons that…