Commonwealth v. Maldonado

OPINION BY

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 This is a consolidated appeal from the order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County granting Ap-pellees’ respective petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus and dismissing the charge of Escape, 18 Pa.C.SA. § 5121(a) that had been filed against each parolee for leaving a detainment facility without permission. The Commonwealth argues the trial court erred in concluding section 5121 necessarily excludes from its reach parole violators who have been arrested and placed in a facility pending their parole violation hearing. As we agree with the Commonwealth, we…