Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
Section 303.2 - Procedure for determining the guideline sentence(a) For each conviction offense of a judicial proceeding, the procedure for determining the guideline sentence shall be as follows: (1) Determine the Offense Gravity Score as described in § 303.3 and § 303.15.(2) Determine the Prior Record Score as described in § 303.4 -§ 303.8.(3) Determine the guideline sentence recommendation as described in § 303.9 -§ 303.14, including enhancements (§ 303.10), and aggravating or mitigating circumstances (§ 303.13).(b)Judicial proceeding. A judicial proceeding is a proceeding in which all offenses for which the offender has been convicted are pending before the court for sentencing at the same time. A judicial proceeding may include multiple offenses and transactions.The provisions of this § 303.2 amended July 5, 1985, and applies to sentences for crimes committed after January 1, 1986, 15 Pa.B. 2447; as announced at 16 Pa.B. 439 (February 15, 1986). Prior guidelines will continue to apply when sentencing crimes committed before January 2, 1986; amended May 11, 1991, effective 8/9/1991, 21 Pa.B. 3988; amended February 15, 1994, effective 8/12/1994, 24 Pa.B. 2483; amended March 14, 1997, effective 6/13/1997, 27 Pa.B. 1252; amended February 9, 2005, effective 6/3/2005, 35 Pa.B. 1508; amended September 5, 2008, effective 12/5/2008, 38 Pa.B. 4971; amended September 13, 2012, effective 12/28/2012, 42 Pa.B. 6072; amended June 6, 2013, effective 9/27/2013, 43 Pa.B. 3655; amended June 1, 2017, effective 12/1/2017, applicable to all sentences for offenses committed on or after January 1, 2018, 47 Pa.B. 5141; amended September 25, 2020, effective 1/1/2021, 50 Pa.B. 5341.