Sul. Cnty. Pa. 303

As amended through January 1, 2018
Rule 303 - Scheduling Of Criminal Cases
(a) ARRAIGNMENT be conducted by the District Attorney in the:
(1) Wyoming County Branch - at 8:30 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month in Courtroom No. 1, Wyoming County Courthouse.
a. In the event that the second Wednesday of the month shall be a holiday, arraignment shall occur on the next business day.
(2) Sullivan County Branch - at 8:30 a.m. on the miscellaneous court date set by the court calendar for each month.
(3) Written notice of the arraignment date and place shall be personally delivered by the District Justice to the Defendant and his or her counsel, immediately upon conclusion of a preliminary hearing or waiver of preliminary hearing wherein criminal charges were held for court.
(4) Criminal cases will be scheduled for an arraignment date occurring not less than twenty-one days following the preliminary hearing or waiver thereof.
(b) STATUS CALL:
(1) All pending criminal cases, other than those pending sentence, will be the subject of a monthly status call by the court.
(2) Status call will occur:
a. in Courtroom No. 1, Wyoming County Courthouse on such dates and at such times as shall be fixed in the annual court calendar.
(3) Written notice of the next status call date shall be provided to the Defendant and his or her counsel of record by the District Attorney at the time of arraignment.
(4) The District Attorney or the Assistant District Attorney and counsel of record must appear at all status calls. If there shall be no counsel of record, the Defendant must appear at status call.
(5) At status call, the court shall determine whether the case is to be set for trial, plea, A.R.D. or nolle prosequi, and shall, at that time, set a date and time for the Defendant's next court appearance. Defense counsel shall be responsible for notifying his or her client as to the next court appearance.
(c) TRIAL:

The court will schedule all criminal trials.

Sul. Cnty. Pa. 303