Court Opinion

ID: 9449708
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 16:20:13.898934+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:31:57.077833
License: Public Domain

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM.
In the opinion of this court filed October 8, 1963, we affirmed the judgment of the district court on two independent grounds. The first of these was because there are two appeals in habeas corpus proceedings on behalf of the defendant pending in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania which raise the same constitutional questions as are before us in the present appeal. We considered it inappropriate for the federal court to examine the merits of these problems prior to the state court litigation having been concluded. The second ground was that from the record before us appellant was not then serving the sentence concerning which he complained.
Appellant’s petition for rehearing is based on the second ground alone. We are now presented with a Pennsylvania Board of Parole decision of “8-26-60” which reads “Recommit for violation of parole by conviction on a new offense to serve unexpired term. Maximum for parole violation 8-16-61.”
It is asserted on behalf of appellant, that the only conviction undergone by *675him prior to his parole revocation was of the crimes on which the petition in this appeal is founded. Appellee urges that “It is noted that the said decision does not indicate which specific conviction was the ground for the parole violation.” This is well taken. The specific ground of the recommitment needs to be clearly established. However, because it also appears at this time that this issue has never been raised in the state court, with the latter not having had the opportunity to pass upon the full facts of the parole violation, appellant will undoubtedly include this issue for disposal in his pending state court proceedings.
The petition for rehearing will be denied.