Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Vaughn
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 18, 2001No. 604 M.D. 1999PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIGRO, Justice.
Appellant Howard Jackson appeals from the Commonwealth Court’s order granting Appellees’ David Vaughn, Superintendent, SCI-Graterford, Pennsylvania Bureau of Corrections, et al., (“the Department”) demurrer to his pro se petition for review in the nature of mandamus. Appellant sought mandamus to compel the Department to credit his pre-sentence incarceration time towards his sentence for third-degree murder. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
On September 28, 1990, Appellant was arrested and incarcerated on multiple criminal charges, including third-degree murder.…
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