Aviles v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON. 1

This case concerns a petition for review in the nature of mandamus filed in our original jurisdiction by inmate Carlos Aviles, representing himself. Aviles asks this Court to direct the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) to credit him for 873 days’ time served. DOC challenges the legal sufficiency of the petition, asserting Aviles does not have a clear right to the credit he seeks.

The credit issue involves several of Aviles’ many sentences from Philadelphia. Relying on the petition, we note that the first pertinent sentence was entered in 1995 after a…