by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
Law enforcement officers shall ordinarily institute summary proceedings by citation.234 Pa. Code § 402Committee Explanatory Reports:Final Report explaining the March 1, 2000 reorganization and renumbering of the rules published with the Court’s Order at 30 Pa.B....
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) Political subdivisions may use parking tickets to inform defendants of parking violations and to offer defendants an opportunity to avoid criminal proceedings by paying an amount specified on the ticket within the time specified on the ticket. (1) When a political...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
Criminal proceedings in summary cases shall be instituted either by:(1) issuing a citation to the defendant; or(2) filing a citation; or(3) filing a complaint; or(4) arresting without a warrant when arrest is specifically authorized by law.234 Pa. Code § 400Committee...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) When the judge orders the dismissal of the charges against the defendant, the judge also shall order the expungement of the defendant’s arrest record, subject to the provisions of paragraph (B). The expungement order shall contain the same information that...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
When the defendant shall have completed satisfactorily the program prescribed and complied with its conditions, the defendant may move the court for an order dismissing the charges. This motion shall be supported by affidavit of the defendant and by certification of...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania
(A) If the attorney for the Commonwealth files a motion alleging that the defendant during the period of the program has violated a condition thereof, or objects to the defendant’s request for an order of discharge, the judge who entered the order for ARD may...
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