Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/30/2013

Commonwealth v. Hall

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80 A.3d 1204
622 Pa. 396
2013 WL 5827232
2013 Pa. LEXIS 2580

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stating that conditions of probation “must be reasonable and devised to serve rehabilitative goals, such as … deterrence of future criminal conduct”
stating that a sentencing court may impose restitution either as a direct sentence or as a condition of probation
indicating that “[n]othing in the plain language of Section 9754 either specifies or limits the persons who may be proper subjects of restitution or reparation as a condition of probation”
vacating judgment of sentence and remanding for new sentencing to remedy deficient restitution order imposed as a condition of probation
“The plain language of the statute is generally the best indicator of legislative intent . . . .”
“[W]hen ascertaining the meaning of a statute, if the language is clear, we give the words their plain and ordinary meaning.”

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Judges: Baer, Castille, Eakin, McCaefery, Saylor, Stevens, Todd

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