Jefferson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) denied petitioner Gregory Jefferson’s • (Jefferson) request for administrative relief of a Board decision recommitting him as a convicted and technical parole violator. Jefferson alleges that the Board improperly recalculated his revised parole and maximum term expiration dates. Jefferson’s court-appointed attorney, however, determined that an appeal would be frivolous and filed an application for leave to withdraw as counsel; accompanied by a “no merit letter.” The issue before us is. whether counsel’s “no merit…