Harrington v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

Jay D. Harrington (Petitioner) appeals from an order of the Board of Probation and Parole (Board) recommitting Petitioner as both a technical parole violator and a convicted parole violator based upon his plea of guilty for carrying a concealed weapon. We reverse in part and affirm in part.

Petitioner was paroled from State Correctional Institution, Camp Hill, on June 2, 1983. On December 10, 1983, Petitioner was arrested by the Sparks, Nevada, Police Department on charges of Ex-Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, and Carrying a Concealed…