Supreme Court of Pennsylvania December 27, 2007, 56 WAP 2005 (Commonwealth v. West)

OPINION

Justice BAER.

In this case, we granted allowance of appeal to determine whether the Superior Court improperly concluded that habeas corpus relief was available to Appellee Sheldon West, who, for nine years, remained at liberty despite the imposition of a valid criminal sentence after his conviction of various drug crimes and culmination of all appellate proceedings, because the