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Computation and order of service of sentences - 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 9761

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     § 9761.  Computation and order of service of sentences.
        (a)  Order of service of sentences.--If a minimum sentence
     imposed by the court which is to run concurrently with one which
     has been previously imposed would expire later than the minimum
     of such a previously imposed sentence, or if the previously
     imposed sentence is terminated before the expiration of the
     minimum sentence of the last imposed sentence, the defendant
     shall be imprisoned at least until the last imposed minimum
     sentence has been served.
        (b)  Sentences imposed by other sovereigns.--If the defendant
     is at the time of sentencing subject to imprisonment under the
     authority of any other sovereign, the court may indicate that
     imprisonment under such other authority shall satisfy or be
     credited against both the minimum and maximum time imposed under
     the court's sentence. If the defendant is released by such other
     authority before the expiration of the minimum time imposed by
     the court, he shall be returned to a correctional institution of
     the Commonwealth to serve the time which remains of the
     sentence. If the defendant is released after the minimum time
     has elapsed, he shall be considered for parole on the same basis
     as a prisoner who has served his minimum time in a correctional
     institution of the Commonwealth. If the defendant is released
     after the maximum time imposed under the sentence of
     imprisonment he shall be deemed to have served his sentence.

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