Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wright

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 8, 2015No. 85 EDA 2014PublishedCited by 67 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

Michelle Wright appeals from the judgment of sentence of eleven and one-half to twenty-three months imprisonment followed by five years probation that the trial court imposed after she was found to be in violation of the terms of her probation. We find that Appellant had concluded serving her probationary term when the probation was revoked and that her violation of probation (“VOP”) proceeding was not held within a reasonable period after her probation violations. We therefore vacate the judgment of sentence.

On November 14, 2005, Appellant entered a negotiated guilty plea…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CartretteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. OrtegaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  4. Commonwealth v. ClarkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. Commonwealth v. WoodsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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3Cited by67 opinions

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