Rule 640 – Swearing the Trial Jury to Hear the Cause

May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania

(A) After all jurors have been selected, the jury, including any alternates, shall be sworn as a body to hear the cause.
(B) The following oath shall be administered:

“You do solemnly swear by Almighty God and those of you who affirm do declare and affirm that you will well and truly try the issue joined between the Commonwealth and the defendant(s), and a true verdict render according to the evidence.”

234 Pa. Code ยง 640

Committee Explanatory Reports:

Final Report explaining the March 1, 2000 reorganization and renumbering of the rules published with the Court’s Order at 30 Pa.B. 1477 (March 18, 2000).