Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2021

In Re: Order Adopting Rule 463 and Revising Comments to Rules 458, 460, 462 & 546 of Criminal Procedural Rules

In Re: Order Adopting Rule 463 and Revising Comments to Rules 458, 460, 462 & 546 of Criminal Procedural Rules
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided January 27, 2021

In Re: Order Adopting Rule 463 and Revising Comments to Rules 458, 460, 462 & 546 of Criminal Procedural Rules

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN RE: : NO. 528 : ORDER ADOPTING RULE 463 AND : CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL RULES REVISING THE COMMENTS TO RULES : 458, 460, 462, AND 546 OF THE : DOCKET PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF CRIMINAL : PROCEDURE :

ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 27th day of January, 2021, upon the recommendation of the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee; the proposal having been published before adoption at 49 Pa.B. 833 (February 23, 2019), and a Final Report to be published with this ORDER: IT IS ORDERED pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 463 is adopted and the Comments to Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 458, 460, 462, and 546 are revised, in the attached form.

This ORDER shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective June 1, 2021.

Additions to the rules are shown in bold and are underlined.

Deletions from the rules are shown in bold and brackets.

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