Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Draper

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 16, 1972No. Appeal, 306PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

Defendant’s sole complaint in the present appeal concerns the computation of his sentences. In essence, he contends that the prison authorities computed his sentences to run consecutively, thereby contravening the lower court’s directive that the sentences be concurrent.

The circumstances leading to the present appeal began with defendant’s arrest and convictions on bills Nos. 1138 and 1140 of December Sessions, 1966. His period of imprisonment for those convictions ran from August 12, 1967, until May 28, 1968, when he was paroled. At the time of his parole, 2 years 1…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Harman v. BurkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. Commonwealth v. PaytonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Dion v. MartinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ZuberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Commonwealth v. DorianSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Kerak v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. Young v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. DorianSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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