Commonwealth v. Rios

JACOBS, President Judge:

This appeal follows the revocation of appellant’s early parole on a burglary sentence after a guilty plea to charges of a later burglary. Appellant contends that the four-month delay between entry of his guilty plea and revocation of parole violated Pa.R.Crim.P. 1409, which requires that the revocation hearing be held “as speedily as possible.” For the reasons that follow, we find no violation of the rule, and therefore affirm the order entered below.

On September 11, 1974, appellant appeared before Judge William A. PORTER for a probation violation hearing on charges of…