Armstrong Cnty. C.P. Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 507

Commonwealth

(a) The District Attorney of Armstrong County having filed

a certification pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 507, criminal

complaints and arrest warrant affidavits by police officers, as

defined in the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,

charging any offense set forth in subsection (b), below, shall

not hereafter be accepted by any judicial officer unless the

complaint and affidavit has the approval of an attorney for the

Commonwealth prior to filing.

(b) Subsection (a) of this rule shall apply when any of the

following offenses is charged:

(i) Criminal homicide, in violation of 18 Pa.C.S.

§2501;

(ii) Murder in any degree, in violation of 18 Pa.C.S.

§2502;

(iii) Voluntary manslaughter, in violation of 18

Pa.C.S. §2503;

(iv) Involuntary manslaughter, in violation of 18

Pa.C.S. §2504;

(v) Homicide by vehicle, in violation of 18 Pa.C.S.

§3732;

(vi) Homicide by vehicle while driving under the

influence, in violation of 18 Pa.C.S. §3735;

(vii) Aggravated assault, in violation of 18 Pa.C.S.

§2702(a)(1) through (6), inclusive;

(viii) Rape, in violation of 18 Pa.C.S. §3121;

(ix) Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse in

violation of 18 Pa.C.S. §3123;

(x) Robbery, in violation of 18 Pa.C.S.

§3701(a)(1)(i) through (iv), inclusive; and

(xi) Aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under

the influence, in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.

§3735.1.

Comment

The approval of the attorney for the Commonwealth may be

oral in appropriate circumstances. When feasible, such oral

approval should be communicated directly to the judicial officer,

who should make proper notations thereof.

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