DORSEY v. BD. OF PROBATION AND PAROLE


132 Pa.Commw. 476 (1990)

573 A.2d 628

James DORSEY, Petitioner, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 23, 1990.

Designated as Opinion to be Reported April 23, 1990.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied August 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Liekar, Sr., Canonsburg, for petitioner.

Arthur R. Thomas, Asst. Chief Counsel, with him, Robert A. Greevy, Chief Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondent.

Before CRAIG and BARRY, JJ., and BLATT, Senior Judge.


CRAIG, Judge.

James Dorsey appeals an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole which denied his administrative appeal from the board's order recommitting him to serve five months of backtime as a technical parole violator (TPV). We affirm.

In 1988, while on parole, Dorsey violated his conditions of parole by testing positive for morphine use and by receiving a conviction for theft-by-deception.

After a revocation/violation hearing, the...

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