Commonwealth v. Isabell

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

Appellant directly appeals a 1980 judgment of sentence of 11/2 to 5 years imposed by Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas (Durham, J.) for a probation violation on his 1971 sentence for voluntary manslaughter.1 Appellant, represented by the Defender Association of Philadelphia, contends the Department of Corrections erroneously interpreted his sentence on the probation violation to run consecutive to his 1977 sentence for burglary and assault despite the *7absence of any language to that effect in the written sentence endorsed on the bill. The District…