Zimmerman v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Leroy Zimmerman, petitioner, appeals here a decision of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) which ordered that he be recommitted as a technical parole violator for transgressing special conditions of parole: i.e., (a) leaving the Allentown Parole District without prior written permission, and (b) consuming intoxicating beverages.

On September 14, 1976, Zimmerman was convicted of third-degree murder and sentenced to four to fifteen years imprisonment. He was subsequently paroled on April 29, 1983 subject to the above-mentioned conditions. Thereafter, on…