McCullough v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

In this appeal from a decision of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole recommitting the petitioner as a technical parole violator, the question is whether the board’s record must show that the petitioner’s request for a postponement of his violation hearing was made in a knowing and intelligent manner.

On April 23, 1982, the petitioner, represented by counsel, requested that the violation hearing be continued until the first available date after disposition *480of new pending charges. On September 8, 1982 the petitioner was found guilty on those new charges; he was…