United States of America Ex Rel. Richard W. Monk, Jr. v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit April 19, 1967

United States of America Ex Rel. Richard W. Monk, Jr. v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 378 F.2d 55 (3d Cir. 1967)

1967 U.S. App. LEXIS 6675

Staley, McLaughlin, Forman

Opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant contends that his confinement is unconstitutional by reason of the aggregation of the minimum and maximum sentences as required by § 897 of 19 Purdon’s Pa.Stat.Ann. 1 The purpose of that section was to eliminate the requirement that a prisoner serving consecutive sentences apply for a “constructive parole” before beginning to serve his next consecutive sentence. See Commonwealth ex rel. Lycett v. Ashe, 145 Pa. Super. 26, 20 A.2d 881 (1941).

Construing the Act with that legislative purpose in mind, we can discern no issue of constitutional dimension which is essential to Federal habeas corpus relief. •

The judgment of the district court will be affirmed.

. “§ 897. Consecutive sentences, computation of

“Whenever, after the effective date of this act, two or moTe sentences to run consecutively are imposed by any court of this Commonwealth upon any person convicted of a crime therein, there shall 'be deemed to be imposed upon such person a sentence the minimum of which shall be the total of the minimum limits of the several sentences so imposed, and the maximum of which shall be the total of the' maximum limits of such sentences.”

Reference

Full Case Name: UNITED STATES of America Ex Rel. Richard W. MONK, Jr., Appellant, v. James F. MARONEY, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cited By: 2 cases
Status: Published