Griffin v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.

Before this Court are preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Corrections (Department) in response to a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by Michael Griffin (Griffin) requesting this Court to direct the Department to recalculate his state sentence to give him credit for time served in a federal correctional institution.

The facts pled are as follows. While on parole from a state prison sentence, Griffin committed further criminal acts which resulted in both state and federal charges. On December…