Melhorn v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

OPINION BY

Judge COHN JUBELIRER.

Barry Melhorn petitions for review of an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) that denied his request for administrative relief. Melhorn was confined for 5 months, 10 days, because of a Board detainer and a new criminal charge on which he did not post bail. He pled guilty and was sentenced on the new criminal charge. The trial court’s sentencing order did not permit the time he spent in custody prior to his sentencing to be credited to his new sentence; consequently, Melhorn asserts that it should be credited to the backtime on his…