by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
The issuing authority may make any proper amendments, additions, or corrections to the transcript before it is returned to court. After the transcript has been returned, amendments, additions, or corrections can be made to the transcript only upon application filed...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) When a defendant is held for court, or after the issuing authority receives notice that the case will be presented to the indicting grand jury and closes out the case, the issuing authority shall prepare a transcript of the proceedings. The transcript shall...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
When a defendant is charged in a case in which the most serious offense charged is a misdemeanor, the issuing authority may dismiss the case upon a showing that:(1) the public interest will not be adversely affected;(2) the attorney for the Commonwealth, or in cases...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) The issuing authority shall issue such process as may be necessary for the summoning of witnesses for the Commonwealth or the defendant.(B) Persons shall not be permitted to testify at a preliminary hearing without first being duly sworn or affirmed according to...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) When charges are dismissed or withdrawn at, or prior to, a preliminary hearing, or when a grand jury declines to indict and the complaint is dismissed, the attorney for the Commonwealth may reinstitute the charges by approving, in writing, the re-filing of a...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) At the conclusion of the preliminary hearing, the decision of the issuing authority shall be publicly pronounced.(B) If the issuing authority finds that the Commonwealth has established a prima facie case that an offense has been committed and the defendant has...
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