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Crimes Code

Pennsylvania · Crimes and Offenses · §§ 18-101 to 18-9546 · 603 sections

Overview

The Crimes Code is Pennsylvania's consolidated criminal statute, defining offenses against persons and the Commonwealth and setting out the general principles that govern how criminal liability is determined and punished. It establishes preliminary provisions — definitions, rules of construction, territorial reach, and the classification of offenses into grades — along with limits on prosecution, including statutes of limitation and bars on retrying a defendant after a former prosecution in the same or another jurisdiction. It also fixes the sentencing framework, prescribing terms of imprisonment by offense class, separate sentencing rules for murder and for defendants under 18, fines, costs, and restitution, and it defines the homicide and assault offenses themselves, from criminal homicide and murder through manslaughter and simple and aggravated assault, with enhanced treatment for offenses against law enforcement officers.

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