Griggs v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

OPINION BY

Judge COHN JUBELIRER.

In this petition for review, George Griggs challenges the order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) recommitting him to a state correctional institution (SCI) to serve six months backtime as a technical parole violator. The following issue is presented for our review: whether the Board failed to hold a timely violation hearing within 120 days of Griggs’s preliminary hearing when three continuances were granted in order to secure the testimony of the victim. Subsequent to filing this petition for review, Griggs filed a pro se Motion for…