Legal Opinion
Abrams v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 9, 2007PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge PELLEGRINI.
John Abrams (Parolee) appeals a Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) decision denying his request for administrative relief from a hearing panel determination that he was to serve as a convicted parole violator 24 months of backtime because the “most closely-related crime” to the Virginia crime of “Grand Larceny” under Pennsylvania Law was “Robbery.”
On April 12, 2005, Parolee, while on parole, was convicted of Grand Larceny in the Commonwealth of Virginia 1 and received a 10-year sentence, but with eight years suspended. Parolee was returned to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rivenbark v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Krantz v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Reavis v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Commonwealth v. ShafferSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. RobichowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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3Cited by4 opinions
- C. Heidelberg, Jr. v. PA BPPCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- C. Johnson v. PA BPPCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- R. Pinkins v. PBPPCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
- R.S. Riede v. PA BPPCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017