Prebella v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

Robert V. Prebella (Prebella) petitions for review of an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) that denied his administrative appeal of a Board order recommitting him as a technical parole violator to serve nine months’ backtime on his six-year state prison sentence. Before this Court, Prebella asserts his uncounseled execution of Board Form 72-A, “Waiver of Violation Hearing and Admission Form” (violation hearing waiver), violated his administrative due process rights under Board regulations at 37 Pa. Code § 71.2. Prebella further asserts the…