Ransom v. Commonwealth

Opinion

by Judge Craig,

Mark Ransom appeals from an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole which recommitted him to serve twenty-four months of backtime as a technical parole violator. The board concluded that Mr. Ransom had violated, among other parole conditions, condition No. 5b (possession of a weapon) and No. 5c (assaultive behavior).1 Mr. Ransom argues that the record of his parole revocation hearing lacks substantial evidence to support the hearing examiners finding that he violated conditions 5b and 5c.

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