§ 9765. Merger of sentences
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureEffective: February 7, 2003
Effective: February 7, 2003
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9765
§ 9765. Merger of sentences
No crimes shall merge for sentencing purposes unless the crimes arise from a single criminal act and all of the statutory elements of one offense are included in the statutory elements of the other offense. Where crimes merge for sentencing purposes, the court may sentence the defendant only on the higher graded offense.
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2002, Dec. 9, P.L. 1705, No. 215, § 5, effective in 60 days.
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9765, PA ST 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9765
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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