COM. EX REL. WOODS v. HOWARD


249 Pa.Super. 428 (1977)

378 A.2d 370

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania ex rel. George WOODS, Appellant, v. James HOWARD, Warden, S.C.I. Pittsburgh.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Gettleman, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

David S. Posner, Assistant District Attorney, Washington, with him Jess D. Costa, District Attorney, Washington, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE and SPAETH, JJ.


HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that he is entitled to be discharged because his sentence at No. 23, September Term, 1967, Washington County Court of Common Pleas, has expired. In particular, appellant asserts that the trial court's written order of sentence, entered on September 12, 1969, and specifying a term of imprisonment of two and one-half to five years, must be construed as concurrent with prior sentences in the absence of an express indication to the contrary...

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