Patton v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Robert Patton (Petitioner) appeals here an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) which denied his petition for administrative relief from a Board order recommitting him as a technical and convicted parole violator.

On January 22, 1983, while on parole, Petitioner was arrested in New Jersey and charged with illegal possession of a firearm. The Board lodged its detainer on January 25,1983. Although the New Jersey charges were later dismissed, Petitioner was indicted and convicted on federal charges of violating the Fed*335eral Uniform Firearms Act,…