Legal Opinion

Merritt v. BD. OF PROBATION & PAROLE

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 11, 1990No. 35 Eastern District Appeal Docket 1989PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

We have before us an appeal by Marvin Merritt from an order of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania at No. 1784 C.D.1987, issued March 29, 1988, 115 Pa.Cmwlth. 34, 539 A.2d 511, affirming the administrative order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (“Board”) No. 0699-J, dated June 11, 1987, denying administrative relief from its order recomputing his backtime. We affirm the decision of the Commonwealth Court, and we write to emphasize the axiomatic principle that:

The sum total of aggregate backtime imposed by the Board plus the time served…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hines v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  2. Merritt v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Bowman v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  2. Calloway v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  3. Davenport v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Spruill v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  5. Feaster v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

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