Commonwealth v. Usher

The sole question in this case is whether the appellant is entitled to credit for five months and twenty two days he had spent in Abraxas during probation, on his sentence of IV2 to 5 years imprisonment which was imposed following his probation violations.

Abraxas Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization operating a comprehensive residential treatment program as an alternative to incarceration for youthful offenders, with a grant from the Pennsylvania Governor’s Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse. However, its principal source of income is received from the county or juvenile court which…