Case Name: Commonwealth ex rel. Jones v. Board of Probation and Parole
Court: Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1971-12-14
Citations: 3 Pa. Commw. 594
Docket Number: No. 623 C.D. 1971
Parties: Commonwealth ex rel. Jones v. Board of Probation and Parole.
Judges: before Judges Wilkinson, Jr., Mencer and Rogers, sitting as a panel of three.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 594–596

Head Matter:
Commonwealth ex rel. Jones v. Board of Probation and Parole.
Argued November 9, 1971,
December 14, 1971:
before Judges Wilkinson, Jr., Mencer and Rogers, sitting as a panel of three.
No appearance for plaintiff.
Salvatore J. Cucinotta, Deputy Attorney General, with him j. Shane Creamer, Attorney General, for defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam
Opinion,
Petitioner here raises the question of whether the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole has the power to recommit a parolee who has breached the conditions of his parole by the commission of a crime , of which he is subsequently found guilty without giving him credit for the time spent on parole and, if it has the statutory power, is such a recommitment without credit for time spent on parole violative of the provisions of the United States Constitution.
These legal issues were discussed and resolved by this Court in Williams v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, 3 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 633 (1971).
The conclusion is against the position of petitioner.
We therefore make the following
Order
The Board's motion for judgment on the pleadings is hereby granted and the plaintiff's complaint in mandamus is dismissed.