Pennsylvania Code
Title 234 - RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 5 - PRETRIAL PROCEDURES IN COURT CASES
Part D - Proceedings in Court Cases Before Issuing Authorities
Rule 547 - Transmittal of Transcript and Associated Documents
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) When a defendant is held for court, or after the issuing authority receives notice that the case will be presented to the indicting grand jury and closes out the case, the issuing authority shall prepare a transcript of the proceedings. The transcript shall contain all the information required by these rules to be recorded on the transcript. It shall be signed by the issuing authority, and have affixed to it the issuing authority's seal of office.
(b) The issuing authority shall transmit the transcript to the clerk of the proper court within five days after holding the defendant for court or after closing out the case upon receipt of the notice that the case will be presented to the indicting grand jury.
(c) In addition to this transcript the issuing authority also shall transmit the following documents:
(d) Electronic Transmission.
Comment:
See Rule 135 for the general contents of the transcript. There are a number of other rules that require certain things to be recorded on the transcript to make a record of the proceedings before the issuing authority. See, e.g., Rules 542(G)(1)and 543.
When the case is held for court pursuant to Rule 543(D)(3), the issuing authority must include with the transcript transmittal a request for the court of common pleas to issue a bench warrant.
When the case is held for court pursuant to Rule 543(D)(3)(b)(ii), the issuing authority must include with the transcript transmittal a notice to the court of common pleas that the defendant has not complied with the fingerprint order issued pursuant to Rule 510(C)(2). See Pa.R.Crim.P.543(D)(3)(b)(ii). The court of common pleas shall take whatever actions deemed appropriate to address this non-compliance.
See Chapter 5 Part E for the procedures governing indicting grand juries. Pursuant to Rule 556.2(A)(3), the judge shall notify the issuing authority that the case will be presented to the indicting grand jury. Pursuant to Rule 556.2(A)(3)(a), upon receipt of the notice, the issuing authority shall close out the case in his or her office, and forward it to the court of common pleas for all further proceedings. When the case is transmitted to the court of common pleas, the clerk of courts should associate the transcript and other documents transmitted by the issuing authority with the motion and order filed pursuant to Rule 556.2(A)(5).
When arrest warrant information has been sealed pursuant to Rule 513.1, the arrest warrant information already will have been filed with the clerk of courts. When the case is transmitted to the court of common pleas, the clerk of courts should associate the transcript and other documents transmitted by the issuing authority with the original file created for the sealing procedure.
For when the magisterial district court or the Philadelphia Municipal Court is required to transmit the contact information of the victim to the court of common pleas, see 18 P.S. § 11.201(2)(iii)(B).