Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
61 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 4502 (2026)
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§ 4502. Purpose of chapter.
This chapter seeks to create a program that ensures appropriate punishment for persons who commit crimes, encourages inmate participation in evidence-based programs that reduce the risks of future crime and ensures the openness and accountability of the criminal justice process while ensuring fairness to crime victims.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2010–2026 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Cullen-Doyle, S., 164 A.3d 1239 (Pa. 2017).
Commonwealth v. Cullen-Doyle, S., 164 A.3d 1239 (Pa. 2017). “Originally passed in 2008, the Act briefly appeared as Chapter 53 of the Law and Justice Code.”
Commonwealth v. Gonzalez, 10 A.3d 1260 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2010). “61 Pa.C.S. § 4502. See generally: Commonwealth v.”
Commonwealth v. Hansley, 47 A.3d 1180 (Pa. 2012). “61 Pa.C.S. § 4502. The RRRI Act does not apply to all defendants, but only to certain “eligible offenders,” a term that does not include those with a history of violent crime, convicted of certain sex offenses, or subject to a deadly weapon enhancement.”
Homa v. Pa. Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 192 A.3d 329 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018). “61 Pa.C.S. § 4502. If an offender is deemed eligible for the RRRI program, his sentence can be reduced.”
Commonwealth v. Hansley, 994 A.2d 1150 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2010). “” 61 Pa.C.S. § 4502. To achieve comprehensive application throughout the state correctional system, the RRRIA characterizes eligibility based on a series of disqualifying factors derived from the offender’s history of conviction and sentencing, see 61 Pa.”
Com. v. Foss, C., No. 1056 EDA 2016 (Pa. Super. Ct. Dec. 16, 2016). “” 61 Pa.C.S. § 4502. As part of achieving that aim, the RRRI Act requires the trial court to determine at the time of sentencing whether the defendant is an “eligible offender.”
Com. v. Arroyo-O'Neill, J., No. 1090 EDA 2016 (Pa. Super. Ct. Feb. 10, 2017). “” 61 Pa.C.S. § 4502. As part of achieving that aim, the RRRI Act requires the trial court to determine at the time of sentencing whether the defendant is an “eligible offender.”
Com. v. Fulk, E., No. 2037 MDA 2016 (Pa. Super. Ct. July 18, 2017). “61 Pa.C.S. § 4502. “At the time of sentencing, the court shall make a determination whether the defendant is an eligible offender.”
Com. v. Carson, C., No. 332 WDA 2017 (Pa. Super. Ct. Oct. 6, 2017). “” 61 Pa.C.S. § 4502. As part of achieving that aim, the RRRI Act requires the trial court to determine at the time of sentencing whether the defendant is an “eligible offender.”
Com. v. Haynick, M., Sr., No. 511 MDA 2017 (Pa. Super. Ct. Dec. 14, 2017). “If the court finds the defendant to be an eligible offender, or if the prosecuting attorney waives the eligibility requirements under Section 4505(b), the court must calculate minimum and maximum sentences, and then impose the RRRI minimum sentence, which “shall be equal to…”
Com. v. Straughters, F., No. 199 WDA 2018 (Pa. Super. Ct. Aug. 16, 2018). “at 57 (citing 61 Pa.C.S. § 4502). This program, however, requires the defendant to -9- J-S43038-18 meet several requirements.”
Com. v. Clelland, N., No. 1148 WDA 2017 (Pa. Super. Ct. Feb. 1, 2019). “” 61 Pa.C.S. § 4502. To achieve these goals, RRRI provides prisoners with “the opportunity .”
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