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Rule 1012 – Recording and Transcribing Municipal Court Proceedings; Admissibility of Testimony at Trial De Novo

May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania

(A) Rule 115 and Pa.R.J.A. No. 4007, relating to the recording and transcribing of court proceedings, shall apply to Municipal Court case proceedings after the preliminary arraignment or, when a defendant appears pursuant to a summons, after the defendant’s first appearance.
(B) No testimony produced at the Municipal Court trial or at any pretrial hearing in the Municipal Court shall be admissible at the trial de novo except in those cases in which the defendant was represented by counsel and had

234 Pa. Code ยง 1012

Amended by Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol 50, No. 33. August 15, 2020, effective 8/15/2020

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. 1478 (March 18, 2000) .