Pennsylvania Code
Title 237 - JUVENILE RULES
Part I - RULES
Subpart A - DELINQUENCY MATTERS
Chapter 4 - ADJUDICATORY HEARING
Rule 408 - Ruling on Offenses
Universal Citation: 237 PA Code ยง 408
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
A. Entered finding. Within seven days of hearing the evidence on the petition or accepting an admission under Rule 407, the court shall enter a finding by specifying which, if any, offenses, including grading and counts, alleged in the petition were committed by the juvenile.
B. Did not commit acts.
1) If the court finds the juvenile committed
none of the alleged delinquent acts, the court shall dismiss the petition and
release the juvenile, if detained, unless there are other grounds for the
juvenile's detention.
2) The court
shall order, sua sponte, the expungement of the record and
destruction of fingerprints and photographs related to the dismissed petition
pursuant to
18 Pa.C.S. §
9123(a)(1),
42 Pa.C.S. § 6308,
and Rule 170(A).
3) Absent cause
shown, the court shall expunge or destroy the records, fingerprints, and
photographs.
C. Committed act. After an adjudicatory hearing, if the court finds that the juvenile committed any delinquent act, the court shall proceed as provided in Rule 409 or enter a consent decree pursuant to Rule 370.
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