PRINTER'S NO. 309
No. 289 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY A. K. HUTCHINSON, FEBRUARY 9, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 9, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for maximum sentences for
3 certain felons.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1103 of Title 18, act of November 25,
7 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes, is amended to read:
9 § 1103. Sentence of imprisonment for felony.
10 (a) General rule.--A person who has been convicted of a
11 felony may be sentenced to imprisonment as follows:
12 (1) In the case of a felony of the first degree, for a
13 term which shall be fixed by the court at not more than 20
14 years.
15 (2) In the case of a felony of the second degree, for a
16 term which shall be fixed by the court at not more than ten
17 years.
18 (3) In the case of a felony of the third degree, for a
19 term which shall be fixed by the court at not more than seven
1 years.
2 (b) Subsequent offenses.--Whoever, after having been
3 convicted of a second or subsequent felony, within or without
4 this Commonwealth, within five years after the prior offense
5 shall be sentenced to imprisonment for the maximum term as
6 provided for in subsection (a).
7 (c) Computation of time.--In computing the period of time
8 between convictions, as provided in subsection (b), any period
9 of servitude by a person in a penal institution, within or
10 without this Commonwealth, shall not be included in the
11 computation of any of said five-year periods. The five-year
12 periods shall run only during the time any such person shall be
13 at liberty.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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