Legal Opinion

Weaver v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 30, 1997PublishedCited by 118 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Presently before this Court are the preliminary objections filed by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) in response to a petition for writ of mandamus or other appropriate relief filed by Ronald D. Weaver (Weaver).1

Weaver was convicted of and sentenced for the offenses of rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. On August 31, 1995, after the minimum expiration date for Weaver’s convictions, the Board refused to parole Weaver. In its decision, the Board stated the following general reasons for its refusal:

Refuse. Assaultive instant offense. Very…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited74 opinions

  1. Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by118 opinions

  1. Robert Defoy v. John M. McCullough Superintendent: Gerald J. Pappert, Att. General: Pennsylvania Board of Probation and ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
  2. Rivera v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  3. Evans v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Moss v. SCI - Mahanoy Superintendent Pa. Bd. of Prob. & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. Winklespecht v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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