Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 22, 2010No. 795 C.D. 2010Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Edward Taylor petitions for review of an adjudication of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) that recommitted him as a convicted parole violator and recalculated his maximum sentence date. The Board based its determination on Taylor’s criminal conviction in the State of Georgia. In this appeal we consider whether the Board erred in concluding that a Georgia state court is, in fact, a “court of record” for purposes of the Prisons and Parole Code, 61 Pa.C.S. §§ 101— 6309. Finding no error by the Board, we affirm.

In July 1992, Taylor was convicted of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ramos v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  2. Leese v. BD. OF PROBATION & PAROLECommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  3. Rump v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
  4. Carter v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Napper v. National Mortgage Group, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1990

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