Commonwealth v. Cooley

FLAHERTY, Judge.

The Board of Probation and Parole (Board) has filed an appeal from orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County, Criminal Division (trial court). The first order appealed held the Board in contempt of Court and ordered the Board to return to James Dale Cooley (Cooley), the sum of $2,075.00 plus interest, that had been confiscated during a search of Cooley’s residence. The second order appealed denied the Board’s motion to vacate the order of contempt. We reverse the trial court’s order that denied the Board’s motion to vacate the contempt order and remand to the trial…