Salvatore Abbruzzese v. Commonwealth Pennsylvania

On May 6, 1983, the petitioner, while on parole, was arrested by Philadelphia police. He pled guilty on October 7, 1983 to burglary and criminal conspiracy, and was sent to the State Correctional Institution at Graterford (Graterford) pending a revocation hearing on his new criminal convictions. On May 2, 1984, however, he was transported to New Jersey to face unrelated charges pending there. He pled guilty to those charges on May 9, 1984, was sentenced on June 15, 1984, and was returned to Graterford during the first week of July 1984. He received a revocation hearing for the New Jersey convictions on November 27, 1984 after which he was recommitted for an additional twenty-four months as a convicted parole violator.