Commonwealth v. Terry

Opinion by

Price, J.,

The issue presented to us for resolution is whether Appellant’s sentence for a crime committed while on parole was properly computed as running consecutively to the “back time” on his original sentence. We hold that the sentence was properly computed.

The facts are as follows: On May 6, 1971, Raymond Terry, Appellant, was convicted of the charge of carrying a concealed deadly weapon and later sentenced to a term of from 1 to 11% months in Philadelphia County Prison.

On June 12, 1971, Appellant was convicted of burglary and sentenced to a term of from 3 to 23 months in the…