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Rule 621 – Procedure When Jury Trial Is Waived

May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania

(A) When a jury trial is waived, the trial judge shall determine all questions of law and fact and render a verdict which shall have the same force and effect as a verdict of a jury.
(B) At any time before the commencement of trial, a waiver of a jury trial or the judge’s approval thereof may be withdrawn.

234 Pa. Code ยง 621

Committee Explanatory Reports:

Final Report explaining the April 16, 1999 amendments concerning the 1998 Constitutional amendment published with the Court’s Order at 29 Pa.B. 2290 (May 1, 1999).

Final Report explaining the March 1, 2000 reorganization and renumbering of the rules published with the Court’s Order at 30 Pa.B. 1478 (March 18, 2000).

Final Report explaining the January 9, 2012 Comment revision adding a citation to Commonwealth v. Dowling published with the Court’s Order at 42 Pa.B. 546 (January 28, 2012).