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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 10-1386

THE COURTS

CARBON COUNTY

Adoption of Local Rule of Juvenile Procedure 340(A) Pre-Adjudicatory Discovery and Inspection; No. CP-13-AD-0000004-2010

[40 Pa.B. 4248]
[Saturday, July 31, 2010]

Administrative Order 15-2010

 And Now, this 13th day of July, 2010, in order to comply with Pa.R.J.C.P. 121 and 1121 governing the procedure for local rules, it is hereby:

 Ordered and Decreed that, effective 30 days after publication on the UJS Portal and in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the Carbon County Court of Common Pleas hereby Adopts Carbon County Local Rule of Juvenile Procedure 340(A) (Carb.R.J.C.P. 340(A)) governing the Pre-Adjudicatory Discovery and Inspection authorizing a Pre-Adjudicatory Status Conference in juvenile delinquency matters.

 The Carbon County District Court Administrator is Ordered and Directed to do the following:

 1. File one (1) certified copy of this Administrative Order with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

 2. File two (2) certified copies, one (1) CD and the written notification received from the Juvenile Court Procedural Rules Committee with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

 3. Publish a copy of the Administrative Order on the UJS Portal at http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/localrules/ruleselection.aspx.

 4. Forward one (1) copy for publication in the Carbon County Law Journal.

 5. Forward one (1) copy to the Carbon County Law Library.

 6. Keep continuously available for public inspection copies of the Order in the Clerk of Courts' Office and the Juvenile Court Office.

By the Court

ROGER N. NANOVIC, 
President Judge

Rule 340(A). Pre-Adjudicatory Discovery and Inspection.

 The District Attorney shall conduct a pre-adjudicatory status conference with Defense Counsel and the minor and his/her parents or guardian on all cases that have not resulted in consent decrees or informal adjustments and in which the child is not in detention or emergency shelter care.

 At the pre-adjudicatory status conference, the Commonwealth and Defense Counsel shall discuss:

 1. the terms and procedures for pre-trial discovery and inspection;

 2. the simplification or stipulation of factual issues including the admissibility of evidence;

 3. the qualifications of exhibits as evidence to avoid unnecessary delay;

 4. the number of witnesses who are to give testimony of a cumulative nature; and

 5. the defenses of alibi and insanity, and other matters that may aid in the disposition of the proceedings.

 At the end of the status conference, a written stipulation for an admission or hearing or other disposition shall be completed and signed by the District Attorney/Assistant District Attorney, Defense Counsel and the Minor. The original stipulation shall be filed with the Juvenile Court Office.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1386. Filed for public inspection July 30, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]


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