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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 23-564

THE COURTS

Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES

CRAWFORD COUNTY

In the Matter of the Adoption of Local Criminal Rules of Procedure; No. AD 1 of 2022

[53 Pa.B. 2296]
[Saturday, April 29, 2023]

Order

 And Now, April 18, 2023, the Court Orders as follows:

 1. Local Rule of Criminal Procedure 575 (concerning motions) is amended in the following form, in which additions to the rule are shown in bold type and underlined; and

 2. This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. 103(d), and effective thirty days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

By the Court

JOHN F. SPATARO, 
President Judge

Rule 575. Motions and [answers] Motions Court.

 (a) There shall be a session of the Court for the optional presentation of motions every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8:45 a.m., except on holidays and other times when no judge is available (''Motions Court'').

 (b) Motions intended for consideration by a Motions Court Judge are not required to be filed in the Office of the Clerk of Courts in advance of such presentation. The Clerk of Courts or a designee shall be present at every session of Motions Court to receive such motions for filing. Motions are to be served upon the District Court Administrator concurrently with filing in accordance with Pa.R.Crim.P. 576(b)(1), (3).

 (c) Motions presented at Motions Court must comply with Pa.R.Crim.P. 575(A) and (C), such as including the certificate of service required by Pa.R.Crim.P. 576(b)(4). No cover sheet or backer need be attached to the motion. Attaching a proposed order is encouraged, but not required.

 (d) If the party presenting a motion at Motions Court, or otherwise filing a written motion, knows that the motion is consented to by the other party or parties, counsel for the moving party shall certify that consent within the motion so that the Court has that information in making a determination pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 577 as to whether an answer and/or hearing and/or argument is necessary.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 23-564. Filed for public inspection April 28, 2023, 9:00 a.m.]


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