# Pittman v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 23, 2016 · 635 Pa. 418

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3205971

## Case

- **Full name:** Kevin PITTMAN, Petitioner v. PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE, Respondent
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** May 23, 2016
- **Citations:** 635 Pa. 418; 137 A.3d 572; 2016 Pa. LEXIS 1047; 2016 WL 2975241
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Per Curiam
- **Cited by:** 5 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT

KEVIN PITTMAN, : No. 90 MAL 2016
:
Petitioner :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Commonwealth Court
v. :
:
:
PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF :
PROBATION AND PAROLE, :
:
Respondent :

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 23rd day of May, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is

GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Did the Parole Board abuse its discretion by summarily denying
petitioner credit against his maximum sentence for time that he
spent at liberty on parole following his recommitment as a
convicted parole violator?

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