Legal Opinion

E. Smith v. PBPP & the PA DOC

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 9, 2025No. 322 M.D. 2023Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Edward Smith, : Petitioner : : No. 322 M.D. 2023 v. : : Submitted: April 8, 2025 Pennsylvania Board of Probation : and Parole and the Pennsylvania : Department of Corrections, : Respondents : BEFORE: HONORABLE MICHAEL H. WOJCIK, Judge HONORABLE CHRISTINE FIZZANO CANNON, Judge HONORABLE LORI A. DUMAS, Judge OPINION BY JUDGE DUMAS FILED: December 9, 2025 Edward Smith (Petitioner) has filed pro se a petition for relief in the nature of a writ of habeas corpus (Petition) in this Court’s original jurisdiction. Petitioner seeks his immediate release from…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Lerch v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  2. Commonwealth v. IsabellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Gillespie v. DEPT. OF CORR.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Commonwealth, Department of Corrections v. ReeseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  5. Brown v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013

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