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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 01-1552

THE COURTS

Title 252--ALLEGHENY COUNTY RULES

ALLEGHENY COUNTY

Addendum to Administrative Order No. C.A.D. 5 May 1996; Consolidation of Cases for Purposes of a Plea of Guilty or Nolo Contendere; Administrative Order No. C.A.D. 3, 2001

[31 Pa.B. 4641]

Order

   And Now, to-wit, this 1st day of August, 2001, it is hereby Ordered that Administrative Order No. C.A.D. 5 May 1996 is hereby amended as follows:

C.  Consolidation of Cases for the Purpose of an Expedited Plea Disposition

   1.  When a defendant is tendered and accepts an expedited plea offer, which encompasses pending criminal cases previously assigned to a judge, then the following procedure shall be observed to effectuate consolidation for the purpose of entering the negotiated plea(s).

   2.  An expedited plea is defined as a tendered and accepted plea offer, which occurs at the time of a defendant's preliminary hearing. When such a defendant also has pending criminal case(s) assigned to a judge and the Commonwealth's plea offer regarding said criminal case(s) (is) (are) accepted, then for the purpose of judicial economy said criminal case(s) shall be consolidated and transferred to the presiding PDQ judge for the entry of a negotiated guilty plea for all such pending criminal matters. The plea shall be entered on a regular assigned PDQ hearing date.

   3.  The consolidation petition shall contain a copy of the negotiated plea terms and shall possess signatures of the Commonwealth and the defendant.

   4.  If, after the granting of a petition to consolidate, the defendant fails to plead as set forth in the petition, each information shall be promptly scheduled for trial before the judge originally assigned to the case. Furthermore, the PDQ designated case shall be assigned as per the normal course of judge assignment procedure.

By the Court

GERARD M. BIGLEY,   
Administrative Judge
Criminal Division

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-1552. Filed for public inspection August 24, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]


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