Baldelli v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

Brett C. Baldelli (Baldelli) petitions for review of an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) that recommitted him to a state correctional institution (SCI) based on his admission to two technical parole violations. Baldelli asserts the Board abused its discretion by recommitting him to an SCI rather than diverting him to a community corrections center (CCC) as required by statute. See former Section' 6138(c)(6) of the Prisons and Parole Code, 61 Pa.C.S. § 6138(c)(6)1 (Parole Code). Baldelli also argues the Board abused its discretion in…