Wiley v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

Before this Court is an appeal by Willie Wiley (Petitioner) from a denial by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) of his request for administrative relief. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Petitioner, while on parole, was arrested by the Philadelphia Police Department and charged with, among other things, robbery and aggravated assault. He was afforded a preliminary and detention hearing by the Board on September 19, 1978, relative to technical violations of his parole, and probable cause was found to detain him pending the appropriate hearing. The…