Legal Opinion

Petty v. Pennsylvania Bd. of Probation and Parole

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 13, 2006Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

President Judge COLINS.

John Petty (Petty) petitions for review from a decision by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole that denied his application for administrative relief. 1 We affirm.

The pertinent facts follow. On July 19, 2004, the Board paroled Petty from a 6- to 15-year state prison sentence for robbery and criminal conspiracy. On September 13, 2004, Petty left his approved residence, the Coleman Center group home (Center), and did not return. This prompted the Center to expel him. Philadelphia police officers arrested Petty and a confederate in a stolen car…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gartner v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Washington v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Santo v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. Anderson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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