Jamieson v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Joseph. Jamieson (petitioner) filed a petition for review in the nature of mandamus addressed to our original jurisdiction, claiming that the aggregation of the minimum and maximum terms of his 1970 criminal convictions pursuant to Section 1 of the Act of June 25, 19371 denied him equal protection under the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. He asked us to compel the Board of Probation and Parole (Board) to reinstate his original consecutive sentences. The Board answered with preliminary objections to the timeliness2 of the petition for review and to…