Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Pennsylvania
Changes to a Court Order
While on parole I receive a ''cc''concurrent sentence. It is a''WELL DOCUMENTED'',plea agreement with ''NO''objuction from the D.A. However,the string of record officers insist on making this a consecutive sentence by not starting it until the first sentence expired. They list it on my docket as ''cc'' but compute it consecutively.When I coplained they merely insist,''the court cannot do that!''
Well,the ''Court'' did do that & it can only be changed in open Court not by changing the court order out of court. If it says ''Concurrent'' it is concurrnt,RIGHT? We know a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court cannot change asentence. Why can a record officer? I would think if a record officer is unhappy with a sentence he/she needs to call the DA and schedule it for re-sentenccing... He simply cannot make it the exact opposite of what it is,Right?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Changes to a Court Order
If what you wrote is true, and not a misunderstanding, it's quite disturbing.
You need to speak with an attorney promptly. Given your location, try contacting the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project ( http://www.pailp.org/ ) and explaining your situation to them. They're a non-profit set up to help inmates, which doesn't charge for their services.
Alternatively, you should contact the defense attorney who represented you (or at least the public defender's office) or perhaps even the judge who sentenced you. A record officer cannot change the sentence given to you by the Court.
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