Title 255--LOCAL
COURT RULESBRADFORD COUNTY Local Criminal Rules 117 and 150 [36 Pa.B. 4462]
[Saturday, August 12, 2006]Order And Now, this 25th day of July, 2006, the Court hereby adopts the following Bradford County Rules of Criminal Procedure, to be effective thirty (30) days after the date of publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
It is further ordered that the District Court Administrator shall send seven (7) certified copies of this Rule to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, two (2) certified copies to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, one (1) certified copy to the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee, and one (1) copy to the Bradford County Law Journal for publication in the next issue of the Bradford County Law Journal.
It is further ordered that this local rule shall be kept continuously available in the Clerk of Court's Office for public inspection and copying.
By the Court
JEFFREY A. SMITH,
President JudgeLocal Rule 117. Coverage: Issuing Warrants; Preliminary Arraignments and Summary Trials; and setting and Accepting Bail.
(A)(1) All Magisterial District Judge Offices shall be open for regular business on Mondays through Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(2) Continuous coverage for the issuance of search warrants and arrest warrants, for warrants issued pursuant to Pa.RCrim.P.430 in a summary case, for the issuance of emergency orders under the Protection From Abuse Act, and for those services set forth in Pa.R.Crim.P.117(A)(2)(a),(b),(c) and (d) shall be as follows:
Each magisterial district judge, properly elected and sworn, is hereby specially assigned to preside in each and every other magisterial district within the County of Bradford. The purpose of these assignments is to provide an available district judge in each of the magisterial districts on a continuing and continuous basis.
(B) The President Judge shall establish the schedule of on-call duty assignments on an annual basis. In the event an ''on-call'' district judge is needed, contact shall be made through Bradford County Emergency Services.
(C) Magisterial district judges shall be authorized to accept bail in accordance with the provisions and subject to the limitations of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure on any case which is presently pending in their courts. The Clerk of Courts shall be authorized to accept bail in accordance with the provisions and subject to the limitations of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure in any case which is presently pending in the Bradford County Common Pleas Court. The Clerk of Courts shall assure that coverage is provided for this purpose.
Local Rule 150. Bench Warrants
(A) In all cases where a bench warrant is executed, the case shall proceed in accordance with the following procedures.
(3) In all cases where the Defendant is lodged in the Bradford County Prison pursuant to a bench warrant, the Warden or his designee shall promptly notify the District Court Administrator.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-1535. Filed for public inspection August 11, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
