by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
Any individual who violates the provisions of Rule 112(A) prohibiting recording or broadcasting during a judicial proceeding or who violates the Court’s instructions required by Rule 626 regarding the use of electronic devices by jurors or who violates any...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) For purposes of this rule, (1) the term “prospective jurors” means those persons who have been chosen to be part of the panel from which the trial jurors and alternate jurors will be selected;(2) the term “selected jurors” means those...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) JUROR QUALIFICATION FORM AND LISTS OF TRIAL JURORS. (1) The officials designated by law to select persons for jury service shall: (a) devise, distribute, and maintain juror qualification forms as provided by law;(b) prepare, publish, and post lists of the names of...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) A verdict shall be rendered in all non-jury cases within 7 days after trial.(B) In any case in which a summary offense is joined with the misdemeanor, felony, or murder charges that were tried before the trial judge, the trial judge shall render a verdict on the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) When a jury trial is waived, the trial judge shall determine all questions of law and fact and render a verdict which shall have the same force and effect as a verdict of a jury.(B) At any time before the commencement of trial, a waiver of a jury trial or the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
In all cases, the defendant and the attorney for the Commonwealth may waive a jury trial with approval by a judge of the court in which the case is pending, and elect to have the judge try the case without a jury. The judge shall ascertain from the defendant whether...
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