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§ 9201. Procedures

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and OffensesEffective: January 3, 2017

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and Offenses (Refs & Annos)
Part III. Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 92. Conflicts of Interest
Effective: January 3, 2017
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 9201
§ 9201. Procedures
Currentness
If a district attorney requests that the Attorney General exercise the power to prosecute in a county criminal court or juvenile delinquency court under section 205(a)(3) of the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L. 950, No. 164),1 known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, and the Attorney General declines to accept or act on the request, the following shall apply:
(1) The district attorney may refer the matter to a district attorney of a contiguous county who has sufficient resources and has no conflict of interest in representing the Commonwealth.
(2) If the district attorneys of the contiguous counties decline to accept the referral for any reason, the referring district attorney may refer the matter to a district attorney of a noncontiguous county.
(3) A district attorney who has accepted a case under paragraph (1) or (2) and a deputy or assistant district attorney on the district attorney's staff shall have the same authority to investigate and prosecute as the district attorney who referred the matter.

Credits

2016, Nov. 3, P.L. 1016, No. 131, § 1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2017].

Footnotes

1
71 P.S. § 732-205.
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 9201, PA ST 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 9201
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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