Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Rule 422 - Deferral of Disposition(a) The Court may defer the litigation of a case where a direct criminal appeal is pending and the judicial officer still holds his or her judicial office, or for other good cause.(b) In cases where the judicial officer has resigned, retired, or no longer holds office, including cases where the judicial office has been forfeited as a result of a criminal conviction of a felony, deferral is unlikely to be granted absent other substantial factors sufficient to overcome the presumption that a prompt disposition of the case is in the best interests of the judicial system.The provisions of this Rule 422 adopted April 12, 2016, effective immediately, 46 Pa.B. 2033.