by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) When a defendant is arrested pursuant to a warrant issued as provided in Rule 430, the police officer without unnecessary delay shall take the defendant before the proper issuing authority and shall proceed as provided in this rule and by local rule.(B) When the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
In addition to the procedures in Rules 407 and 412 for entering a plea in a summary traffic case, the defendant, by means of electronic transmission as provided by local rule, may notify the Municipal Court Traffic Division of his or her plea, and either pay the fine...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) Summary traffic cases in Philadelphia shall be instituted by: (1) issuing a citation to the defendant as provided in Rules 405-409;(2) filing a citation with the Philadelphia Municipal Court Traffic Division as provided in Rules 410-414; or(3) arresting without a...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
Except as provided in these rules or by local rule authorized by these rules, or elsewhere in Chapter 10, all criminal proceedings in which a person is accused of one or more summary traffic offenses only or violations of municipal traffic ordinances shall proceed as...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A)(1) Trial in a Municipal Court case shall commence no later than 180 days from the date on which the preliminary arraignment is held.(2) Trial in a Municipal Court case in which the defendant appears pursuant to a summons shall commence no later than 180 days from...
by admin | 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...
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