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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 20-758

THE COURTS

Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES

YORK COUNTY

Amendment of Local Rules of Criminal Procedure; CP-67-AD-22-2020

[50 Pa.B. 2925]
[Saturday, June 13, 2020]

Administrative Order Amending York County Local Rules of Criminal Procedure 571 & 600

 And Now, this 2nd day of June, 2020 it is Ordered that York County Local Rules of Criminal Procedure 571 and 600 are amended as follows, effective July 20, 2020.

 The District Court Administrator shall publish this order as may be required.

By the Court

JOSEPH C. ADAMS, 
President Judge

York R.Crim.P. 571. Arraignment.

 (A) The court administrator shall establish periodic dates for arraignment of defendants [and shall publish the dates and times in the Court Calendar at least annually].

 (B) A defendant shall be advised orally and in writing, by court [order] notice, of the date and time for the arraignment at the defendant's preliminary hearing, or at the time the preliminary hearing is waived. [The arraignment date shall normally be set as the fifth (5th) Friday following the date that the preliminary hearing is held or waived, or the next available Friday thereafter in the event of a court holiday.]

 (C) A waiver of formal arraignment by [defendants] a defendant represented by counsel [pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 571(D)] may be made without the physical appearance of the defendant or counsel in [Court] court, provided such waiver is [received by the district attorney at least three (3)] filed with the clerk of courts by noon two business days prior to the date scheduled for arraignment.

 [(1) A waiver of formal arraignment shall be on such form as prescribed the court, and shall contain at least the information set forth in Pa.R.Crim.P 571(C).

 (2) A waiver of formal arraignment is not available to a defendant not represented by counsel.]

 The waiver shall be on such form as prescribed by the district court administrator.

 (D) In the event a defendant scheduled for arraignment is not represented by counsel, [formal] arraignment shall be conducted [in open court] by a judge [assigned, at the date and time scheduled for arraignment], hearing officer, or other official designated by the court.

York R.Crim.P. 600. Prompt Trial.

. . .

 (C) No later than five business days prior to the first day of [the trial term] each week in which jury trials will be held, the district attorney shall provide to the district court administrator, in a format to be prescribed by the district court administrator, a written list of all cases the district attorney intends to call to trial in [the trial term] that week.

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[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-758. Filed for public inspection June 12, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]


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