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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 02-296

THE COURTS

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY

Amended Criminal Rules of Procedure; M02-71

[32 Pa.B. 1045]

Order of Court

   And Now, this 7th day of February, 2002, at 2:15 p.m., Schuylkill County Criminal Rule of Procedure No. 120 is amended for use in the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Twenty-First Judicial District, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, effective thirty days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

   The Clerk of Courts of Schuylkill County is Ordered and Directed to do the following:

   1)  File seven (7) certified copies of this Order and Rules with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

   2)  File two (2) certified copies of this Order and Rule with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin together with a diskette reflecting the text in the hard copy version.

   3)  File one (1) certified copy of this Order and Rules with the Pennsylvania Criminal Procedural Rules.

   4)  Forward one (1) copy to the Law Library of Schuylkill County for publication in the Schuylkill Legal Record.

   5)  Keep continuously available for public inspection copies of this Order and Rule.

   It is further Ordered that said rule as it existed prior to the amendment is hereby repealed and annulled on the effective date of said rule as amended, but no right acquired thereunder shall be disturbed.

WILLIAM E. BALDWIN,   
President Judge

Rule 120.  Duties of Counsel.

   Every counsel of record in a criminal case shall be timely present for each hearing, conference or other court proceeding involving his or her client as scheduled pursuant to the provisions of these rules, or as the Court may otherwise direct. It shall further be the duty of counsel to promptly notify the client of the date, time, place and duty to be present at each proceeding involving the client's case until such time as the case has been completed. Counsel who fail to comply with this rule may be subject to sanctions, including a finding of contempt.

   Unless otherwise relived by Order of Court, counsel of record in a criminal proceeding shall be responsible for representing the defendant to the conclusion of the case including post-sentence motions and the filing of a direct appeal if requested to do so by the defendant. A motion to withdraw representation may be filed simultaneously with the filing of a direct appeal, but the filing of such motion does not relieve counsel from continuing to diligently represent the defendant's interests until relieved of representation by Order of Court.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-296. Filed for public inspection February 22, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]


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