Legal Opinion
Commonwealth ex rel. Thomas v. Myers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 4, 1966No. Appeal, No. 384PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Jones,
On March 2, 1960, Phillip 0. Thomas (Thomas), was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County and sentenced by Judge Chudoff to serve a minimum term of two and one-half years and a maximum term of five years and was incarcerated in accordance with such sentence. This sentence, effective September 2, 1959, resulted in a minimum date of confinement of March 2, 1962 and a maximum date of September 2, 1964. Upon completion of his minimum sentence, Thomas was paroled by the Pennsylvania Board of Parole (Board) on March…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Escoe v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Anderson v. CorallSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Hyser v. ReedCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Robert E. Jones v. Hugh F. Rivers, Donald ClemmerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Commonwealth ex rel. Hendrickson v. Pennsylvania State Board of ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Gaito v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Young v. Com. Bd. of Probation and ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth ex rel. Rambeau v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. VladykaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Kuykendall v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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