Legal Opinion

Jacobs v. Robinson

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 5, 1980No. 235 Misc. Dkt. No. 2PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Petitioner, Wayne Carlise Jacobs, seeks our review of the Bureau of Corrections’ computation of his sentence. The parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment are before us for consideration.

Petitioner was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years nor more than 5 years to be computed from March 24, 1977. On September 14, 1977, the petitioner was inadvertently released from the State Correctional Institution at Graterford (Graterford) because of a clerical error in recording his sentence, tlpon his release, he came under the supervising r ihority…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Robinson v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICECommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Commonwealth ex rel. Goins v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Adams v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Harbold v. CarsonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KristonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  2. Commonwealth v. KyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. BlairSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  4. Forbes v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. R.C. Comrie v. PA DOC and PBPP, etc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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