SMITH v. PA. BD. OF PROBATION & PAROLE


546 Pa. 115 (1996)

683 A.2d 278

Ronald SMITH, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Armstrong, for Ronald Smith.

Arthur R. Thomas, Harrisburg, for P.B.P.P.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and NIGRO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

We have granted allowance of appeal to review, inter alia, whether a pro se inmate's appeal to the Commonwealth Court, allegedly placed in the prison mailbox prior to the expiration of the applicable filing period, but which was not received by the Commonwealth Court prothonotary within the filing period, is deemed to be timely filed for purposes of Pa.R.A.P. 1514(a).1 Subsumed...

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