Title 255—LOCAL
COURT RULESADAMS COUNTY Amendment of Rules of Criminal Procedure 105.2; Administrative Order No. 3 of 2016; 16-AO-3 [46 Pa.B. 1311]
[Saturday, March 12, 2016]Order of Court And Now, this 17th day of February, 2016, the Court hereby Orders that Rule 105.2 of the Adams County Rules of Criminal Procedure shall be amended as follows:
Rule 105.2. Appeals.
A. [Appeals from District Justice decisions shall be listed for hearing by the Clerk for a Criminal Business Court Day at least twenty-one (21) days later than the time of filing of the docket transcript.] With the exception of appeals involving minor defendants, appeals from Magisterial District Judge decisions shall be listed for hearing by the Clerk of Courts on the first available Criminal Business Court Day at least twenty-eight (28) days later than the time of the filing of the appeal.
B. [Appeals from summary convictions by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be treated the same as appeals by adults, except that either the Commonwealth or the appellant may request that the case be transferred to Juvenile Court. The Court may, either upon such request or sua sponte, order that the case be transferred and thereafter be treated as a juvenile proceeding and appellant subject to all provisions of the Juvenile Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6301 et. seq.] Appeals from summary convictions involving defendants under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be listed for hearing by the Clerk of Courts on the first Juvenile Court (DPS) Day of each month which is at least twenty-eight (28) days later than the time of the filing of the appeal. Immediately upon the filing of the appeal, the Clerk shall provide notice of the appeal and the date upon which it has been scheduled to the Department of Probation Services and the District Attorney's Office. Notice shall be provided to the defendant pursuant to local practice.
This rule amendment shall become effective after all the provisions of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure are met, to include the following:
a. A certified copy of this order shall be submitted to the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee for review in accordance with Pa.R.Crim.P. No. 105(D);
b. Upon receipt of a statement from the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee that the local rule is not inconsistent with any general rule of the Supreme Court, two (2) certified copies of this Order together with a computer diskette that complies with the requirement of 1 Pa. Code § 13.11(b), or other compliant format, containing the test of the local rule(s) adopted hereby shall be distributed to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;
c. One (1) certified copy of this Order shall be forwarded to the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts for distribution in accordance with the provisions of Pa.R.Crim.P. No. 105(F)(1);
d. A copy of the local rule shall be published on the Unified Judicial System's website.
e. This Order shall be filed in the Office of the Prothonotary of Adams County and a copy thereof shall be filed with the Adams County Clerk of Courts and the Adams County Law Library for inspection and copying;
f. The effective date of the local rule shall be 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
By the Court
MICHAEL A. GEORGE,
President Judge[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-405. Filed for public inspection March 11, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
