QUESTION
How long can they hold you on a parole violation Hold?
Asked on Oct 20th, 2020 on Criminal Law - Pennsylvania
More details to this question:
My Friend is in county jail for a misdemeanor that was committed While on county parole, parole Has a hold on him. However his officer has not gone down to see him, he waived his preliminary hearing and is taking a plea deal. His next court date is scheduled for Dec. 18. Will They wait for that hearing before having a parole violation hearing?
1 ANSWER
They can hold him while the criminal charges are pending. In general, they will wait until the criminal matter is disposed of before dealing with the probation offense. As a practical matter, where possible, good attorneys do everything together. That means scheduling the plea and the violation at the same time to minimize impact to the client. Where not possible, you seek to do them as close in time as is practical. The key here is minimizing consecutive time. To reiterate the answer to the question is the detainer generally does not get lifted until the criminal case is resolved.
Answered on Oct 29th, 2020 at 1:10 PM