Wells v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

Petitioner, Terry L. Wells, appeals to this Court from the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole’s (Board) denial of his request for administrative relief. The sole ground for his appeal is that his re-commitment as a technical parole violator was based exclusively on impermissible hearsay timely objected to at the Board’s hearing.

Petitioner was arrested and charged with unlawful delivery of heroin on June 30, 1981, while on parole. He was convicted of that offense on November 18 of that year. Prior to his conviction, and following a full Board hearing held on…