Commonwealth v. West

OPINION BY

BENDER, J.:

¶ 1 Sheldon L. West (Appellant) appeals from the January 12, 2004 order denying relief under his habeas corpus petition. The issue presented is whether Appellant’s substantive due process rights were violated when the trial court recommitted Appellant to prison in 2002 following a 9-year delay in which Appellant remained mistakenly at liberty on an appeal bond stemming from a 1990 conviction. Under the circumstances presented in this case, in which the courts had on several occasions during the 9-year interval recognized the mistake, yet repeatedly failed to act by…