Commonwealth v. Kriston

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

The issue in this case is whether the appellant, William J. Kriston, Jr., was undergoing “imprisonment” within the meaning of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3731(e) when he participated in Chester County’s electronic home monitoring program.1

In February, 1987, the appellant was charged with his second offense of driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3731, to which he entered a guilty plea. He was sentenced to a minimum mandatory term of imprisonment of thirty days to twenty-three months. On June 15, 1987, the appellant commenced serving his sentence at the Chester…