Passaro v. Commonwealth

OpiNioN by

President Judge Crumlish,

In these consolidated appeals from orders of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, we must determine whether or not the county of conviction or incarceration is ultimately responsible for the provision of legal counsel during a parole revocation hearing. We must conclude that this responsibility properly lies with the county of incarceration.

I. Passaro v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, No. 256 Miscellaneous Docket No. 2.

Mario A. Passaro, an indigent parolee/inmate convicted on January 17, 1975 in Pulton County, Pennsylvania, to a term…