PRINTER'S NO. 1733
No. 1421 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, SEPTEMBER 20, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing information concerning prior
3 convictions be withheld prior to sentencing.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3929(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3929. Retail theft.
9 * * *
10 (b) Grading.--
11 (1) Retail theft constitutes a:
12 (i) Summary offense when the offense is a first
13 offense and the value of the merchandise is less than
14 $150.
15 (ii) Misdemeanor of the second degree when the
16 offense is a second offense and the value of the
17 merchandise is less than $150.
18 (iii) Misdemeanor of the first degree when the
1 offense is a first or second offense and the value of the
2 merchandise is $150 or more.
3 (iv) Felony of the third degree when the offense is
4 a third or subsequent offense, regardless of the value of
5 the merchandise.
6 (2) Amounts involved in retail thefts committed pursuant
7 to one scheme or course of conduct, whether from the same
8 store or retail mercantile establishment or several stores or
9 retail mercantile establishments, may be aggregated in
10 determining the grade of the offense.
11 (3) No information concerning a prior conviction
12 relating to this section shall be presented to the trier of
13 fact in a court of record prior to sentencing.
14 * * *
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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