Legal Opinion
Forbes v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 19, 2007PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge FRIEDMAN.
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Department) and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) have filed preliminary objections to the petition for review filed by Michael Forbes (Forbes) in this court’s original jurisdiction. Forbes has filed an application for summary relief. We deny Forbes summary relief, sustain the preliminary objections and dismiss the petition.
On February 19,1981, Forbes received a sentence of ten-to-twenty years in prison for rape, effective February 23, 1980, with a parole eligibility date of February 23, 1990, and a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. DiFrancescoSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Commonwealth v. TilghmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Gillespie v. DEPT. OF CORR.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Commonwealth v. KristonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Chester Extended Care Center v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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3Cited by18 opinions
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