Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure

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body of rules court rules criminal procedure rules

The Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure are a comprehensive set of statewide regulations governing the processes and practices in criminal cases within Pennsylvania’s courts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure canonical	5
Pa.R.Crim.P.	1
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure (as applicable to summary traffic matters)	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of rules ⓘ court rules ⓘ criminal procedure rules ⓘ
appliesTo	Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania courts of common pleas Pennsylvania minor judiciary ⓘ court cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ summary cases ⓘ
authorityFrom	Pennsylvania Constitution ⓘ
bindingOn	attorneys practicing criminal law in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ clerks of courts in criminal matters ⓘ judges in Pennsylvania criminal courts ⓘ law enforcement officers in criminal proceedings ⓘ
citationForm	Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pa.R.Crim.P.
governs	arrest warrant procedures ⓘ bail procedures ⓘ criminal procedure in Pennsylvania courts ⓘ indicting grand jury procedures ⓘ plea procedures ⓘ post-conviction collateral proceedings procedures ⓘ post-sentence procedures in criminal cases ⓘ preliminary arraignment procedures ⓘ preliminary hearing procedures ⓘ pretrial procedures in criminal cases ⓘ search warrant procedures ⓘ sentencing procedures ⓘ trial procedures in criminal cases ⓘ
includes	Rule 100 (Scope of Rules, Citation of Rules, and Constructions) ⓘ rules on appeals-related procedures in criminal cases ⓘ rules on arrest procedures ⓘ rules on bail and release ⓘ rules on discovery in criminal cases ⓘ rules on institution of proceedings in court cases ⓘ rules on institution of proceedings in summary cases ⓘ rules on joinder and severance of offenses and defendants ⓘ rules on jury selection ⓘ rules on motions and omnibus pretrial motions ⓘ rules on post-sentence motions ⓘ rules on search and seizure procedures ⓘ rules on sentencing procedures ⓘ rules on trial practice ⓘ rules on verdicts ⓘ
jurisdiction	Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
language	English ⓘ
legalForce	statewide ⓘ
organizedInto	comments ⓘ correlative references ⓘ rules ⓘ
primaryPurpose	to ensure uniform procedures in criminal cases throughout Pennsylvania ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
publishedBy	Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts ⓘ
relatedTo	Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure ⓘ Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence ⓘ Pennsylvania Rules of Court ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration
scope	all courts exercising criminal jurisdiction in Pennsylvania ⓘ
secondaryPurpose	to protect constitutional and statutory rights of criminal defendants ⓘ
subjectArea	criminal law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ
updatedBy	orders of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pittsburgh Municipal Court → subjectTo → Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ

Criminal Division → usesProceduralLaw → Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ

subject surface form: Criminal Division (Philadelphia Municipal Court)

Traffic Division → governedBy → Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ

subject surface form: Traffic Division (Philadelphia Municipal Court)

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure (as applicable to summary traffic matters)

Judicial branch of Pennsylvania → appliesLaw → Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ

Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County → appliesLaw → Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ

Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure → relatedTo → Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ

Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure → citationForm → Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pa.R.Crim.P.