2002 Pa. Super. 213 - Commonwealth v. Armstrong’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 2004
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“9762. Sentencing proceeding; place of confinement All persons sentenced to total or partial confinement for: (1) maximum terms of five or more years shall be committed to the Bureau of Corrections for confinement; (2) maximum terms of two years or more but less than five years may be committed to the Bureau of Corrections for confinement or may be committed to a county prison within the jurisdiction of the court; (3) maximum terms of less than two years shall be committed to a coun ty prison within the jurisdiction of the court except that as facilities become available on dates and in areas designated by the Governor in proclamations declaring the availability of State correctional facilities, such persons may be committed to the Bureau of Corrections for confinement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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