Title 234--RULES
OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE[234 PA. CODE CH. 2] Order Amending Rule 241; No. 346 Criminal Procedural Rules; Doc. No. 2 [36 Pa.B. 3085]
[Saturday, June 24, 2006]Order Per Curiam:
And Now, this 7th day of June, 2006, the proposal having been submitted without publication pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. 103(a)(3) in the interests of justice and efficient administration, It Is Ordered pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that Rule of Criminal Procedure 241 is amended in the following form.
This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. 103(b), and shall be effective immediately.
Annex A TITLE 234. RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CHAPTER 2. INVESTIGATIONS PART B(2). Statewide or Regional Investigating Grand Juries Rule 241. Summoning Jurors for Statewide or Regional Investigating Grand Juries
(A) Grand Jury Having Statewide Jurisdiction:
(1) Upon receipt of an application to convene an investigating grand jury having statewide jurisdiction, the Court shall cause the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania to draw 6 counties at random from the [statewide pool of 67 counties] district where the grand jury will be located, which are to be weighted on the basis of their approximate relative populations. The 6 counties so drawn plus the county or counties to be designated as locations of the investigating grand jury, shall together supply jurors for the investigating grand jury. The Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall establish the number of names of persons to be forwarded from each county, as provided in (A)(2), based on the approximate relative populations of the respective counties involved. The Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall then submit this information to the Court.
* * * * * (C) Definitions:
(1) ''District'' means the Eastern District, Middle District, and Western District.
(2) ''Eastern District'' consists of Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming counties.
(3) ''Middle District'' consists of Adams, Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, and York counties.
(4) ''Western District'' consists of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.
* * * * * [Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-1156. Filed for public inspection June 23, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
