Pennsylvania Code
Title 234 - RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 5 - PRETRIAL PROCEDURES IN COURT CASES
Part E - Indicting Grand Jury
Rule 556.1 - Summoning Panels of Grand Jurors
Universal Citation: 234 PA Code ยง 556.1
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(A) When the court of common pleas elects to proceed with an indicting grand jury, the president judge, or president judge's designee, shall order one or more grand juries to be summoned for the purpose of issuing indictments or shall order that the sitting investigating grand jury shall sit as the indicting grand jury.
(B) The judge shall order the officials designated by law to summon prospective jurors to summon such number of jurors who are eligible by law as the judge deems necessary to serve as a panel for grand jury service.
(C) The summons shall be made returnable on such date as is ordered by the court.
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