Legal Opinion
Rivenbark v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 10, 1985No. 27 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1985PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McDERMOTT, justice.
The issue in this case is whether, under the terms of the Pennsylvania Board of Parole Act,1 a parolee may be recom*251mitted to separate terms of “backtime” as both a convicted parole violator and a technical parole violator if the technical violation is based upon the same act as is the conviction supporting the conviction violation.
Appellant, Harry Rivenbark, was sentenced in 1976 to serve concurrent terms of two to ten years on a forgery conviction and three to ten years on convictions for burglary, theft and criminal conspiracy. On August 22, 1979, he was placed on…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gaito v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Banks v. CainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
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3Cited by128 opinions
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- Thomas G. Parry Bh-2648 v. Frederick RosemeyerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
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