Bronson v. Commonwealth Board of Probation & Parole

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• concluding that the Commonwealth Court had jurisdiction over the appeal from a parole revocation decision made by the Board
• holding that the appeal of the parole revocation proceeding is authorized by article V, section 9 of the Pennsylvania Constitution and the Administrative Agency Law
• civil action in form of mandamus, although not mandamus in character, reviewed by court as constitutionally guaranteed appeal
• court noted constitutional right of appeal from administrative agency determinations, such as those of the Parole Board, and stated that the legislature intended that appeals from agency action be brought in Commonwealth Court
• indigent parole violator seeking review of Board determination entitled to counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).