Legal Opinion
Detar v. Beard
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 21, 2006No. 518 M.D. 2005PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
Before this Court in our original jurisdiction is the preliminary objection of the Department of Corrections (DOC) 1 to a petition for review in the nature of mandamus filed by inmate Clifford L. Detar, Jr., representing himself. DOC challenges the legal sufficiency of the petition, asserting Detar lacks a clear right to the credit he seeks on his new state sentence. We sustain DOC’s demurrer.
In his mandamus petition, Detar avers the following facts. While on state parole from prior criminal acts (original sentence), Detar was arrested and charged with burglary.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- McCray v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Coady v. VaughnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Doxsey v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Commonwealth ex rel. Bleecher v. RundleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Africa v. HornCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Hoyt v. Pa. Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
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