Pittman v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

*42OPINION

JUSTICE BAER

In this appeal, we consider whether the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (the “Board”) abuses its discretion where it fails to consider whether to grant a convicted parole violator (“CPV”) credit for time spent at liberty on parole. We also consider whether the Board must provide a contemporaneous statement explaining the rationale behind its decision to grant or deny credit to a CPV. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the Board abuses its discretion in failing to consider whether to grant CPVs credit for time spent at liberty on parole under the plain…