DOBSON v. JACOBS.

No. 187 Misc. Dkt. No. 2.

46 Pa.Commw. 548 (1979)

Spencer R. Dobson, Jr., Petitioner v. Fred W. Jacobs, Chairman, Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

October 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer R. Dobson, Jr., petitioner, for himself.

Stephen J. Mascherino, Assistant Attorney General, Robert A. Greevy, Assistant Attorney General, and Edward G. Biester, Jr., Attorney General, for respondent.

Submitted on briefs, June 18, 1979, to President Judge BOWMAN and Judges CRUMLISH, JR., WILKINSON, JR., MENCER, ROGERS, BLATT, DiSALLE, CRAIG and MacPHAIL.


OPINION BY JUDGE DiSALLE, October 22, 1979:

Spencer Dobson, Jr. (Petitioner) has filed a petition for Writ of Mandamus, which we shall treat as a petition for review, disputing the December 8, 1978 action of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) ordering him recommitted as a convicted parole violator. The Board has filed preliminary objections.

Petitioner argues that he was denied the right to counsel and that the Board failed to hold a timely...

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