Ryles v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

In this case we have treated petitioner’s “Motion to Have Parole Reinstated” as a petition for review addressed to this Court’s original jurisdiction. In particular, petitioner is here challenging the action of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) detaining him pending the disposition of new criminal charges.

The material facts in this case are undisputed. On June 4, 1978, while on release under parole supervision petitioner was arrested by Philadelphia authorities on a variety of charges. Two days later a parole violation warrant was filed at…