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2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 97 - Sentencing
9765 - Merger of sentences.

     § 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.
     (Dec. 9, 2002, P.L.1705, No.215, eff. 60 days)

        2002 Amendment.  Act 215 added section 9765.

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