Commonwealth v. Quinlan

KELLY, Judge:

In his appeal from the March 30,1993 order denying PCRA relief, appellant asks us to determine whether the trial court erred when it entered an order on November 29, 1990, sentencing appellant to probation but making that order retroactive to May 20,1988, the date on which appellant was originally sentenced, ostensibly to correct a clerical error. The PCRA court held that the belated imposition of a probation period and its subsequent revocation were proper. Because the facts of this case and the relevant law compel a different conclusion, we reverse.

We set forth the relevant…