In re Order Rescinding Rule 600, Adopting New Rule 600, Amending Rules 106, 542, & 543, & Approving the Revision of the Comment to Rules 312, 318, & 608 of the Pa. Rule

Full title: In re: ORDER RESCINDING RULE 600, ADOPTING NEW RULE 600, AMENDING RULES…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Oct 1, 2012

NO. 419 (Pa. Oct. 1, 2012)

Opinion

NO. 419

10-01-2012

In re: ORDER RESCINDING RULE 600, ADOPTING NEW RULE 600, AMENDING RULES 106, 542, AND 543, AND APPROVING THE REVISION OF THE COMMENT TO RULES 312, 318, AND 608 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

PER CURIAM

CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL RULES

DOCKET

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 1st day of October, 2012, upon the recommendation of the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee; the proposal having been published before adoption at 37 Pa.B. 4170 (August 4, 2007), and in the Atlantic Reporter (Second Series Advance Sheets, Vol. 926), 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(1) Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 600 is rescinded;
(2) New Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 600 is adopted;
(3) Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 106, 542, and 543 are amended; and
(4) the revision of the Comment to Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 312, 318, and 608 are approved,

all in the attached form. This ORDER shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective July 1, 2013. Additions to the rules are shown in bold and are underlined.
Deletions from the rules are shown in bold and brackets.