PRINTER'S NO. 656
No. 587 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY LAUDADIO, GILLETTE, KOLTER, McCLATCHY, W. W. WILT,
RUGGIERO AND YAHNER, FEBRUARY 26, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LAW AND JUSTICE, MARCH 3, 1975
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, added December 6, 1972 (P.L.1482, No.334), is amended
9 to read:
10 § 1103. Sentence of imprisonment for felony.
11 (a) General rule.--A person who has been convicted of a
12 felony may be sentenced to imprisonment as follows:
13 (1) In the case of a felony of the first degree, for a
14 term which shall be fixed by the court at not more than 20
15 years.
16 (2) In the case of a felony of the second degree, for a
17 term which shall be fixed by the court at not more than ten
18 years.
1 (3) In the case of a felony of the third degree, for a
2 term which shall be fixed by the court at not more than seven
3 years.
4 (b) Subsequent offenses.--Whoever, after having been
5 convicted of a second or subsequent felony, within or without
6 this Commonwealth, within five years after the prior offense
7 shall be sentenced to imprisonment for the maximum term as
8 provided for in subsection (a).
9 (c) Computation of time.--In computing the period of time
10 between convictions, as provided in subsection (b), any period
11 of servitude by a person in a penal institution, within or
12 without this Commonwealth, shall not be included in the
13 computation of any of said five-year periods. The five-year
14 periods shall run only during the time any such person shall be
15 at liberty.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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