Tag: Cullen-Doyle

Criminal, Sentencing

Com v. Cullen-Doyle: Elementary, dear Watson—First Time Offenders are Eligible for RRRI

Written by

Joel Ready

on

July 21, 2017

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds in Com v. Cullen-Doyle that the Recidivism Risk Reduction Inventive Act’s (RRRI) eligibility requirements were not meant to exclude a first-time violent offender pleading guilty…