1. Sentencing

2. Sentence
Judgment pronounced by the court for a person who pled guilty or is found guilty

3. Guilty plea
When you admit guilt
“I am guilty”
“I committed the crime”

4. No Contest Defendant doesn’t plead guilty or not guilty
Defendant wont fight or contest the charges
No admission of guilt
For sentencing purposes its same as guilty plea

5. Types of Sentence
Determinate
Indeterminate
Concurrent
Consecutive

6. Determinate Sentence
Legislature has set the type and length of sentence for each crime
Judge has little or no discretion

7. Indeterminate Sentence
Sentence decision is left up to the judges
Minimum or maximum sentence may be set already and judge can make sentence fit into that time frame

8. Concurrent Sentence
Sentence may overlap with another sentence for a period of time
Can serve sentence for both at same time if convicted of more than one crime

9. Consecutive Sentence
Sentence for 2nd offense begins after first sentence is finished
Continues until all sentences have been fulfilled

10. PA levels of Punishment
Death
Life in prison without parole
Prison sentence with parole
Intermediate punishment program (IPP)
Probation
Accelerated Rehab Disposition (ARD)
Fine

11. Death Only in 1st degree murder cases Sentenced by the jury
Only time jury decides the punishment

12. Life without parole
If jury cant agree on death penalty

13. Prison with parole
After serving minimum amount of time, inmates could get early release or parole
Inmates on parole are strictly supervised by parole officers
If they violate parole, then they must return to prison to finish sentence

14. parole
Serve out remainder of sentence outside of prison

15. IPP House arrest or electronic monitor device
Person Must pay costs of confinement
Allowed to work but otherwise cant leave their home
If break rules of program, they must go to prison to serve out sentence

16. Probation In place of prison sentence
Released under supervision of probation officer
For a specified amount of time
Used for 1st time offenders

17. ARD For first time offenders only
Criminal record is erased after completing program
DUI cases, the record remains for 7 years

18. Fine
Monetary punishment
Can be combined with a prison sentence