COM., DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS v. REESE


774 A.2d 1255 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellant, (at 1366 and 1367) v. Emmitt REESE, Appellee. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Amicus Curiae. (Two Cases) Scott Richart, Appellee, v. Philip Johnson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, Appellant, (at 172) Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Amicus Curiae.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah B. Hart, Camp Hill, for Pa. Dept. of Corrections, appellant.

J. Richard Narvin, Pittsburgh, for Reese and Richart, appellees.

Before FORD ELLIOTT, MUSMANNO and KELLY, JJ.


MUSMANNO, J.:

¶ 1 Appellants, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ("DOC") and Philip Johnson, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh ("SCI"), appeal from Orders that granted Petitions for writs of habeas corpus filed by two prisoners, Appellees Emmitt Reese ("Reese") and Scott Richart ("Richart").1 The Petitions were granted on the basis that Reese...

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