by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) All pretrial applications for relief including those for suppression of evidence may be made orally or in writing. If in writing, a copy of the application shall be submitted prior to trial to the attorney for the Commonwealth.(B) Pretrial applications shall be...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
Arraignment, if not waived by a defendant, shall take place immediately prior to trial.234 Pa. Code ยง 1004Committee Explanatory Reports: Final Report explaining the March 1, 2000 reorganization and renumbering of the rules published with the Court’s Order at 30...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) INITIATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (1) Criminal proceedings in court cases shall be instituted by filing a written complaint, except that proceedings may be also instituted by: (a) an arrest without a warrant when a felony or misdemeanor is committed in the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) Except as provided in this rule or by local rule authorized by this rule, or elsewhere in Chapter 10, all criminal proceedings in which a person is accused only of one or more non-traffic summary offenses or violations of municipal criminal ordinances shall...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) A Municipal Court case is any case in which the only offense or offenses charged are misdemeanors under the Crimes Code or other statutory criminal offenses for which no prison term may be imposed or which is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not more than 5...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) The rules in this chapter govern all proceedings in the Philadelphia Municipal Court, including summary cases; Municipal Court cases, as defined in Rule 1001(A); the filing of appeals from Municipal Court cases; the filing of petitions for writs of certiorari; and...
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