Legal Opinion
Smith v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 24, 1996PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
We have granted allowance of appeal to review, inter alia, whether a pro se inmate’s appeal to the Commonwealth Court, allegedly placed in the prison mailbox prior to the expiration of the applicable filing period, but which was not received by the Commonwealth Court prothonotary within the filing period, is deemed to be timely filed for purposes of Pa.R.A.P. 1514(a). 1 Subsumed in this issue is whether the Commonwealth Court’s decision in Turner v. Board of Probation and Parole, 137 Pa. Commw. 609, 587 A.2d 48 (1991) continues to be valid case law in this…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Houston v. LackSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Bronson v. Commonwealth Board of Probation & ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Miller v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Stout v. Universal Underwriters InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Sheets v. Commonwealth, Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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3Cited by110 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Oloth Insyxiengmay v. Richard MorganCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Commonwealth v. PerezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Commonwealth v. LittleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Thomas v. ElashSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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