In re Order Adopting New Rules 595, 596, 597 & 598, Amending Rules 113, 119, 540 & 571, & Revising the Comments to Rules 117, 514, 515, 543, 570, 578 & 1003 of the Pe

Full title: In re: ORDER ADOPTING NEW RULES 595, 596, 597 AND 598, AMENDING RULES 113…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Aug 1, 2012

NO. 416 (Pa. Aug. 1, 2012)

Opinion

NO. 416

08-01-2012

In re: ORDER ADOPTING NEW RULES 595, 596, 597 AND 598, AMENDING RULES 113, 119, 540 AND 571, AND REVISING THE COMMENTS TO RULES 117, 514, 515, 543, 570, 578 AND 1003 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

PER CURIAM

CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL RULES

DOCKET

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 31st day of July, 2012, upon the recommendation of the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee; the proposal having been published before adoption at 40 Pa.B. 4636 (August 14, 2010), and in the Atlantic Reporter (Second Series Advance Sheets, Vol. 997), and a Final Report to be published with this ORDER:

IT IS ORDERED pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that

(1) new Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 595, 596, 597, and 598 are adopted;
(2) Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 113, 119, 540, and 571 are amended; and
(3) the Comments to Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 117, 514, 515, 543, 570, 578, and 1003 are revised,

all in the attached form. This ORDER shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective November 1, 2012. Additions to the rules are shown in bold and are underlined. Deletions from the rules are shown in bold and brackets.