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Rule 135 – Transcript of Proceedings Before Issuing Authority

May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania

(A) The issuing authority shall prepare and forward to the court of common pleas a transcript of the proceedings in all summary cases when an appeal is taken and in all court cases when the defendant is held for court.
(B) The transcript shall contain the following information, where applicable;

(1) the date and place of hearings;
(2) the names and addresses of the prosecutor, defendant, and witnesses;
(3) the names and office addresses of counsel in the proceeding;
(4) the charge against the defendant as set forth in the prosecutor’s complaint;
(5) the date of issuance of any citation, summons, or warrant of arrest and the return of service thereon;
(6) a statement whether the parties and witnesses were sworn and which of these persons testified;
(7) when the defendant was held for court the amount of bail set;
(8) the nature of the bail posted and the name and address of the corporate surety or individual surety;
(9) a notation that the defendant has or has not been fingerprinted;
(10) a specific description of any defect properly raised in accordance with Rule 109;
(11) a notation that the defendant was advised of the right to apply for the assignment of counsel;
(12) the defendant’s plea of guilty or not guilty, the decision that was rendered in the case and the date thereof, and the judgment of sentence and place of confinement, if any;
(13) any other information required by the rules to be in the issuing authority’s transcript.

234 Pa. Code ยง 135

Committee 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. 1477 (March 18, 2000) .

Final Report explaining the July 10, 2008 amendment adding new paragraph (9) requiring a notation of fingerprinting published with the Courts Order at 38 Pa.B. 3975 (July 26, 2008) .