Hammond v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Isadore Hammond (petitioner) has filed a Motion for a Writ of Review, which we shall treat as a petition for review, alleging that his constitutional rights were violated. He argues that the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board), in recommitting him as a convicted parole violator, failed to hold his final parole revocation hearing within a reasonable time. Motions for summary judgment filed by both parties are presently before us.

While under parole supervision for prior offenses, the petitioner was arrested on April 27, 1977 on charges of Delivery of a…