Lawrence v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

Before this Court in our original jurisdiction is the preliminary objection of the Department of Corrections (DOC) to a petition for review in the nature of mandamus filed by inmate Creighton L. Lawrence, representing himself. DOC challenges the legal sufficiency of the petition asserting Lawrence lacks a clear right to the credit he seeks on his new sentence. We sustain DOC’s demurrer.

In his mandamus petition, Lawrence avers the following facts. On March 14, 2006, the Court of Common Pleas of Clear-field County (sentencing court) sentenced Lawrence to serve three…