Green v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

MIRARCHI, Senior Judge.

Richard Green (Petitioner) appeals from an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) which denied his administrative appeal from the order recommitting him as a convicted parole violator to serve a total of 120-month backtime. The sole issue presented for review is whether the Board’s written justification for deviating from the presumptive range of recommitment is supported by substantial evidence.

On February 8, 1982, Petitioner was sentenced to a term of seven years, six months to twenty years for third degree murder. He was paroled one month…