§ 8702. Impaneling jury from another county
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8702
§ 8702. Impaneling jury from another county
(a) General rule.--If, upon motion and following a hearing, the court of common pleas determines that a fair and impartial jury cannot be impaneled in the county where the criminal complaint is filed, as an alternative to issuing an order for a change of venue the court may direct that jurors be impaneled from another county. The order for impanelment of a jury from another county shall be certified forthwith to the Supreme Court which shall designate and notify the county of impanelment.
Credits
1980, April 1, P.L. 62, No. 25, § 1, imd. effective.
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8702, PA ST 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8702
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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