MONROE COUNTY Order Promulgating New Rule of Criminal Procedure 150; 13 admin 2006, 5706 CV 2006 [36 Pa.B. 4721]
[Saturday, August 26, 2006]Order Now, the 1st day of August, 2006, It Is hereby Ordered that new Monroe County Rule of Criminal Procedure 150, effective August 1, 2006, is hereby promulgated in the following form.
It Is Further Ordered that the District Court Administrator shall file copies of this Order and Rule as follows: seven (7) certified copies with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts: two (2) certified copies and one (1) diskette to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin; one (1) certified copy to the Pennsylvania Criminal Procedural Rules Committee; one copy to the Monroe County Legal Reporter for publication, and that one copy shall be filed with the Clerk of Courts-Criminal of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County.
By the Court
RONALD E. VICAN,
President JudgeRule 150 Bench Warrants.
1. When an individual is committed to the Monroe County Correctional Facility pursuant to a bench warrant, he/she shall be detained pending a bench warrant hearing. The Warden, or his designee, shall notify the Monroe County Court Administrator and Sheriff that the subject of the warrant is in custody. In the event, the subject of the warrant is lodged at the Monroe County Correctional Facility after the close of the business day; the warden shall notify the Court Administrator as required by this paragraph at the opening of the next business day.
2. If the subject voluntarily surrenders, the Court Administrator must be immediately informed by the agency to which the subject has surrendered. In the event the subject of the warrant surrenders after the close of the business day, the agency shall notify the Court Administrator as required by this paragraph at the opening of the next business day.
3. Upon receiving notice that a bench warrant has been executed or that the subject has surrendered, the Court Administrator shall immediately notify the issuing judge, the district attorney, any counsel of record and the publicdefender that the subject is in custody. In the event the issuing judge is unavailable, notice shall be given to a judge of this Court who is available. After consultation with the judge, the Court Administrator shall schedule a hearing to be held as soon as possible, but not later than 72 hours after the subject has been lodged at the Monroe County Correctional Facility. The Court Administrator may give oral notice of this hearing, along with written notice, and shall maintain a record of that notice.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-1677. Filed for public inspection August 25, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
