Legal Opinion
Hutchinson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 9, 2011No. 10-4259Unpublished
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POLLAK, District Judge.
Darnell Hutchinson, also known as James Allen, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
Hutchinson’s plea for federal habeas relief stems from a decision of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole to recommit him to prison for fifty-two months as a parole violator in 1990. The Board acted after Hutchinson was convicted of committing numerous crimes while on parole. The aggregate sentence imposed for these new convictions was twenty to forty years, and Hutchinson began serving this aggregate sentence…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Tyrone Werts v. Donald T. Vaughn the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Thomas McCandless v. Donald T. Vaughn the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania District Attorney for Philadelphia CountyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Alfred Albrecht, Sr., in No. 04-9006 v. Martin Horn, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, in No. 04-9005Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
- Merriwether v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997