Young v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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17 state decisions

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1. “One convicted of crimes committed while on parole is not constitutionally entitled to an immediate parole revocation hearing prior to commencement of his new sentence. Moody v. Daggett, 429 U.S. 78 , 97 S. Ct. 274 (1976). Furthermore, Section 21.1(a) of the Parole Code, 61 P.S. §331.21a(a), requires, in pertinent part, that: ‘If a new sentence is imposed upon [a convicted parole violator] the service of the balance of said term originally imposed shall precede the commencement of the new term imposed in the following cases: (1) If a person is paroled from any State penal or correctional institution under the control and supervision of the Department of Justice and the new sentence imposed upon him is to be served in any such State penal or correctional institution. ’ Since both sentences imposed upon the plaintiff were to State correctional institutions, the Act required the original to be first served and, of course, the records would have to reflect this.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas v. Commonwealth