Pennsylvania Code
Title 234 - RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 4 - PROCEDURES IN SUMMARY CASES
Part F - Procedures in Summary Cases for Appealing to Court of Common Pleas for Trial De Novo
Rule 463 - Dismissal of Summary Cases Upon Satisfaction or by Agreement in the Court of Common Pleas
Universal Citation: 234 PA Code ยง 463
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
When a defendant is charged in a summary case, as defined in Rule 103, that is before the court of common pleas, the judge of the court of common pleas may dismiss the case upon a showing that:
(A) The public interest will not be adversely affected;
(B) The attorney for the Commonwealth, or in cases in which no attorney for the Commonwealth is present at the summary proceeding, the affiant, consents to the dismissal;
(C) satisfaction has been made to the aggrieved person or there is an agreement that satisfaction will be made to the aggrieved person; and
(D) There is an agreement as to who shall pay the costs.
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