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· 5/11/1990

Merritt v. BD. OF PROBATION & PAROLE

Citations

  • 574 A.2d 597
  • 524 Pa. 577
  • 1990 Pa. LEXIS 110

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “The sum total of aggregate backtime imposed by the Board plus the time served prior to parole cannot exceed the total aggregate maximum sentence first imposed by the trial court.” (emphasis in original)
  • “A prisoner on constructive parole is not released from prison; although paroled on his original sentence, he immediately begins serving his new sentence.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy

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