WINKLESPECHT v. BD. OF PROBATION AND PAROLE


813 A.2d 688 (2002)

Walter WINKLESPECHT, Petitioner, v. PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Crowley, Bellefonte, for Walter Winklespecht.

John G. Knorr, Harrisburg, for Com.

Calvin Royer Koons, Harrisburg, for Com., Pa. Board of Probation and Parole.

Before ZAPPALA, C.J., and CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR and EAKIN, JJ.


OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

Justice EAKIN.

Walter Winklespecht, a state prisoner, petitions this Court for writ of habeas corpus. Winklespecht challenges the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole's decision to deny him parole, and claims this denial violated the ex post facto clause of the United States Constitution. See U.S. Const. Art. I, § 10.

In 1988, Winklespecht was sentenced to 7-20 years imprisonment...

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