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 555 - Transfer of Proceedings
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(A) In all cases in which charges arising from a single criminal episode occur in more than one judicial district:
(B) The judicial district to which the proceedings are to be transferred shall be determined either:
(C) Upon the filing of the agreement of the parties in paragraph (B)(1), the court promptly shall order the transfer of the proceedings.
(D) Upon the filing of the agreement of the attorneys for the Commonwealth in paragraph (B)(2),
(E) Upon the issuance of the transfer order pursuant to paragraphs (C), (D)(1), or (D)(2), the clerk(s) of courts of the transferring judicial district(s) shall promptly transmit to the clerk of courts of the judicial district to which the proceedings are being transferred a certified copy of all docket entries, together with all the original papers filed in the proceeding in the clerk's judicial district, a copy of the bail bond and any deposits in satisfaction of a monetary condition of bail, and a bill of the costs which have accrued but have not been collected prior to the transfer.
(F) When a proceeding is transferred pursuant to this rule, the case shall proceed to trial and judgment in the same manner as if the proceeding had been instituted in the transfer judicial district.
(G) If the defendant is in custody in a transferring judicial district, the order transferring the case shall provide that the defendant shall be delivered to the custody of the sheriff of the transfer judicial district.