by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
The court may allow an information to be amended, provided that the information as amended does not charge offenses arising from a different set of events and that the amended charges are not so materially different from the original charge that the defendant would be...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) Two or more offenses, of any grade, may be charged in the same information if:(1) the evidence of each of the offenses would be admissible in a separate trial for the other and is capable of separation by the jury so that there is no danger of confusion; or(2) the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
The clerk of courts shall, upon request, furnish each defendant against whom an information or informations have been filed with a copy of the information or informations filed against the defendant.234 Pa. Code ยง 562Committee Explanatory Reports: Final Report...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) After a case is held for court, at any time before the information is filed, the attorney for the Commonwealth may withdraw one or more charges by filing notice with the clerk of courts.(B) Upon the filing of the information, any charge not listed on the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) After the defendant has been held for court following a preliminary hearing or an indictment, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall proceed by preparing an information and filing it with the court of common pleas.(B) The information shall be signed by the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
In any case held for court following a preliminary hearing conducted in the defendant’s absence pursuant to Rule 543(D), upon receipt of a request by the issuing authority for the common pleas court to issue a bench warrant, the court promptly shall act upon the...
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