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42 PA Cons Stat § 9145 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 91 - Detainers and Extradition|Section 9145 - Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions

§ 9145. Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions. A person brought into this Commonwealth by or after waiver of extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceedings, to answer which he is being or has been returned, until he has been convicted in the criminal proceeding or, if acquitted, until he has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which he was extradited.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9146 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 91 - Detainers and Extradition|Section 9146 - Written waiver of extradition proceedings

 § 9146. Written waiver of extradition proceedings. (a) General rule.--Any person arrested in this Commonwealth charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement or broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole may waive the issuance and service of the warrant provided for in section 9128 (relating to issue by Governor of warrant of arrest) and section 9129 (relating to manner and place of execution) and all other procedure incidental to extradition proceedings by executing or subscribing in the presence of a judge of any court of record within this Commonwealth a writing which states that he consents to return to the demanding state. Before such waiver shall be executed or subscribed by such person it shall be the duty of such judge to inform such person of his rights to the issuance and service of a warrant of extradition and to obtain a writ of habeas corpus, as provided in section 9131 (relating to rights of accused person).  (b) Action following waiver.--If and when such consent has been duly executed it shall forthwith be forwarded to the office of the Governor of this Commonwealth and filed therein. The judge shall direct the officer having such person in custody to deliver forthwith such person to the duly accredited agent or agents of the demanding state, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such agent or agents a copy of such consent.  (c) Effect of section.--Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit the rights of the accused person to return voluntarily and without formality to the demanding state, nor shall this waiver procedure be deemed to be an exclusive procedure or to limit the powers, rights or duties of the officers of the demanding state or of this Commonwealth.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9146.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 91 - Detainers and Extradition|Section 9146.1 - Presigned waiver of extradition

§ 9146.1. Presigned waiver of extradition. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a law enforcement agency in this Commonwealth holding a person who is alleged to have broken the terms of his probation, parole, bail or any other release in the demanding state shall immediately deliver that person to the duly authorized agent of the demanding state without the requirement of a Governor's warrant if all of the following apply:  (1) The person has signed a prior waiver of extradition as a term of his current probation, parole, bail or other release in the demanding state.  (2) The law enforcement agency holding the person has received an authenticated copy of the prior waiver of extradition signed by the person and photographs or fingerprints or other evidence properly identifying the person as the person who signed the waiver.  (3) All open criminal charges in this Commonwealth have been disposed of through trial and sentencing.   (June 25, 1997, P.L.324, No.33, eff. imd.)   1997 Amendment. Act 33 added section 9146.1.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9147 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 91 - Detainers and Extradition|Section 9147 - Nonwaiver by Commonwealth

§ 9147. Nonwaiver by Commonwealth. Nothing in this subchapter contained shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by this Commonwealth of its right, power or privilege to try such demanded person for crime committed within this Commonwealth or of its right, power or privilege to regain custody of such person by extradition proceedings, or otherwise, for the purpose of trial, sentence or punishment for any crime committed within this Commonwealth, nor shall any proceedings had under this subchapter which result in or fail to result in extradition be deemed a waiver by this Commonwealth of any of its rights, privileges or jurisdiction in any way whatsoever.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9148 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 91 - Detainers and Extradition|Section 9148 - Liability to further criminal prosecutions

§ 9148. Liability to further criminal prosecutions. After a person has been returned to this Commonwealth by or after waiver of extradition proceedings he may be tried in this Commonwealth for other crimes which he may be charged with having committed here, as well as the crimes specified in the requisition for his extradition.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9161 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 91 - Detainers and Extradition|Section 9161 - Arrest prior to requisition

§ 9161. Arrest prior to requisition. Whenever any person within this Commonwealth shall be charged on the oath of any credible person before any judge or issuing authority of this Commonwealth with the commission of any crime in any other county of this Commonwealth, with having fled from justice or having been convicted of a crime in that county and having escaped from confinement or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, or whenever complaint shall have been made before any judge or issuing authority in this Commonwealth setting forth on the affidavit of any credible person on information received by way of computer check or other means of electronic communication or upon affidavit of a credible person from the charging county that a crime has been committed in such other county and that the accused has been charged in such county with the commission of the crime and has fled from justice or with having been convicted of a crime in that county and having escaped from confinement or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole and is believed to be elsewhere in this Commonwealth, the judge or issuing authority shall issue a warrant directed to any peace officer commanding him to apprehend the person named therein wherever he may be found in this Commonwealth and to bring him before the same or any other judge or issuing authority who or which may be available in, or convenient of, access to the place where the arrest may be made to answer the charge or complaint and affidavit, and a certified copy of the sworn charge or complaint and affidavit upon which the warrant is issued shall be attached to the warrant.    Cross References. Section 9161 is referred to in section 9162 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9162 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 91 - Detainers and Extradition|Section 9162 - Arrest without a warrant

§ 9162. Arrest without a warrant. The arrest of a person may be lawfully made by any peace officer or a private person without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of another county of this Commonwealth with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but, when so arrested, the accused must be taken before a judge or issuing authority with all practicable speed, and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in section 9161 (relating to arrest prior to requisition), and, thereafter, his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9163 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 91 - Detainers and Extradition|Section 9163 - Commitment to await requisition

§ 9163. Commitment to await requisition. If, from the examination before the judge or issuing authority, it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and that he has fled from justice, the judge or issuing authority must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to the county jail for such a time, not exceeding five days and specified in the warrant, as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the charging county unless the accused gives bail as provided in section 9164 (relating to bail) or until he shall be legally discharged.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9164 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 91 - Detainers and Extradition|Section 9164 - Bail

§ 9164. Bail. Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws of this Commonwealth, a judge or issuing authority in this Commonwealth may admit the person arrested to bail by bond with sufficient sureties and in such sum as he deems proper, conditioned for his appearance before him at a time specified in such bond and for his surrender to be arrested upon the warrant of the county in which the offense was committed.    Cross References. Section 9164 is referred to in section 9163 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9165 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 91 - Detainers and Extradition|Section 9165 - Payment of costs and expenses

§ 9165. Payment of costs and expenses. All costs and expenses shall be paid out of the county treasury in the county wherein charges were filed in connection with the alleged crime.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9171 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 91 - Detainers and Extradition|Section 9171 - Exchange of offenders under treaty

§ 9171. Exchange of offenders under treaty. Whenever a treaty is in force providing for the transfer of convicted offenders between the United States and a foreign country, the Governor or his designee, upon application of the Secretary of Corrections, is authorized to give the approval of the Commonwealth to transfer as provided in the treaty.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 93 - Trial|Section 9301 - Procedures, motions and other matters

§ 9301. Procedures, motions and other matters. All procedures, motions and other matters relating to the trial, by jury or otherwise, of any criminal proceeding shall be conducted in the manner, at the times, on the terms and conditions and in the form prescribed by general rules.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 93 - Trial|Section 9302 - Commencement and termination of trial

§ 9302. Commencement and termination of trial. The trial of a criminal proceeding shall be deemed to commence and terminate at the times or on the occurrence of events prescribed by general rules.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 93 - Trial|Section 9303 - Liability for violations of general and specific criminal statutes

§ 9303. Liability for violations of general and specific criminal statutes. Notwithstanding the provisions of 1 Pa.C.S. § 1933 (relating to particular controls general) or any other statute to the contrary, where the same conduct of a defendant violates more than one criminal statute, the defendant may be prosecuted under all available statutory criminal provisions without regard to the generality or specificity of the statutes.   (Dec. 9, 2002, P.L.1705, No.215, eff. 60 days)   2002 Amendment. Act 215 added section 9303.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9501 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 95 - Post-trial Matters|Section 9501 - Procedures, motions and other matters

§ 9501. Procedures, motions and other matters. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter all post-trial procedures, motions and other matters relating to any criminal proceeding shall be conducted in the manner, at the times, on the terms and conditions and in the form prescribed by general rules.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9521 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 95 - Post-trial Matters|Section 9521 - Defense-initiated victim or witness outreach

§ 9521. Defense-initiated victim or witness outreach. (a) Requirements.--A person who engages in defense-initiated victim or witness outreach shall:  (1) Communicate in an honest manner without deception or misrepresentation. (2) Unambiguously provide the person's identity by name, the person's employer and, if applicable, the name of the defendant convicted of the crime.  (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "defense-initiated victim or witness outreach" means any effort by a criminal defendant's counsel to directly or indirectly contact a victim or witness or a parent, guardian or family member of a victim or witness on behalf of the criminal defendant or the criminal defendant's counsel through any of the following:  (1) A victim liaison. (2) A victim outreach specialist. (3) A social worker. (4) An investigator. (5) Any other individual designated by the criminal defendant or the criminal defendant's counsel.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9541 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 95 - Post-trial Matters|Section 9541 - Short title of subchapter

§ 9541. Short title of subchapter. This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the Post Conviction Relief Act.  (Apr. 13, 1988, P.L.336, No.47, eff. imd.)
42 PA Cons Stat § 9542 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 95 - Post-trial Matters|Section 9542 - Scope of subchapter

§ 9542. Scope of subchapter. This subchapter provides for an action by which persons convicted of crimes they did not commit and persons serving illegal sentences may obtain collateral relief. The action established in this subchapter shall be the sole means of obtaining collateral relief and encompasses all other common law and statutory remedies for the same purpose that exist when this subchapter takes effect, including habeas corpus and coram nobis. This subchapter is not intended to limit the availability of remedies in the trial court or on direct appeal from the judgment of sentence, to provide a means for raising issues waived in prior proceedings or to provide relief from collateral consequences of a criminal conviction. Except as specifically provided otherwise, all provisions of this subchapter shall apply to capital and noncapital cases.   (Apr. 13, 1988, P.L.336, No.47, eff. imd.; Nov. 17, 1995, 1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1118, No.32, eff. 60 days; June 25, 1997, P.L.324, No.33, eff. imd.)
42 PA Cons Stat § 9544 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 95 - Post-trial Matters|Section 9544 - Previous litigation and waiver

 § 9544. Previous litigation and waiver. (a) Previous litigation.--For purposes of this subchapter, an issue has been previously litigated if:  (1) (Deleted by amendment). (2) the highest appellate court in which the petitioner could have had review as a matter of right has ruled on the merits of the issue; or  (3) it has been raised and decided in a proceeding collaterally attacking the conviction or sentence.  (b) Issues waived.--For purposes of this subchapter, an issue is waived if the petitioner could have raised it but failed to do so before trial, at trial, during unitary review, on appeal or in a prior state postconviction proceeding.   (Apr. 13, 1988, P.L.336, No.47, eff. imd.; Nov. 17, 1995, 1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1118, No.32, eff. 60 days)    Suspension by Court Order. Subsec. (b) was suspended August 11, 1997, S.Ct. Order, insofar as it references "unitary review."
42 PA Cons Stat § 9546 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 95 - Post-trial Matters|Section 9546 - Relief and order

 § 9546. Relief and order. (a) General rule.--If the court rules in favor of the petitioner, it shall order appropriate relief and issue supplementary orders as to rearraignment, retrial, custody, bail, discharge, correction of sentence or other matters that are necessary and proper.  (b) Grounds to be stated.--(Deleted by amendment).  (c) Status of order.--(Deleted by amendment).  (d) Review of order in death penalty cases.--An order under this subchapter granting the petitioner final relief in a case in which the death penalty has been imposed shall be directly appealable by the Commonwealth to the Supreme Court pursuant to its rules. An order under this subchapter denying a petitioner final relief in a case in which the death penalty has been imposed shall not be reviewable in the Superior Court but shall be reviewable only by petition for allowance of appeal to the Supreme Court.   (Apr. 13, 1988, P.L.336, No.47, eff. imd.; Nov. 17, 1995, 1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1118, No.32, eff. 60 days; June 25, 1997, P.L.324, No.33, eff. imd.)    1997 Amendment. Act 33 amended subsec. (d).  Suspension by Court Order. The 1995 and 1997 amendments to section 9546 were suspended August 11, 1997, S.Ct. Order.  Cross References. Section 9546 is referred to in section 722 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9561 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 95 - Post-trial Matters|Section 9561 - Report by district attorney

§ 9561. Report by district attorney. (a) Reports by district attorneys of felony convictions against health care professionals.--Whenever a health care professional has been found guilty, has pleaded guilty or has entered a plea of nolo contendere to a felony in this Commonwealth, the district attorney of the county in which the case was prosecuted shall notify the appropriate State board within 30 days of the court's entry of a finding of guilt, acceptance of a guilty plea or acceptance of a plea of nolo contendere.  (b) Definitions.--The following words and phrases when used in this section shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Health care professional." A person licensed, certified or registered by any of the State boards as defined in this section.  "State board." Includes the following departmental administrative boards within the Department of State: the State Board of Medicine, the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine, the State Board of Dentistry, the State Board of Podiatry, the State Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Nursing, the State Board of Physical Therapy, the State Board of Occupational Therapy Education and Licensure, the State Board of Optometry, the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, the State Board of Chiropractic, the State Board of Psychology, the State Board of Massage Therapy, the State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, the State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language and Hearing and any other health-related administrative board which issues professional or occupational licenses within the Department of State.  (Dec. 18, 2013, P.L.1181, No.109, eff. 60 days)   2013 Amendment. Act 109 amended subsec. (b).
42 PA Cons Stat § 9570 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 95 - Post-trial Matters|Section 9570 - Short title of subchapter

§ 9570. Short title of subchapter. This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the Capital Unitary Review Act.   Suspension by Court Order. Section 9570 was suspended August 11, 1997, S.Ct. Order.
42 PA Cons Stat § 9571 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 95 - Post-trial Matters|Section 9571 - Scope of subchapter

 § 9571. Scope of subchapter. (a) Capital unitary review.--This subchapter establishes the sole means of challenging proceedings that resulted in a sentence of death. The unitary review proceeding provided by this subchapter shall replace postappeal collateral review of death penalty cases with preappeal collateral review.  (b) Appointment of collateral counsel.--Under the action provided in this subchapter, a person sentenced to death shall be immediately entitled to new counsel for purposes of collateral review. The collateral proceeding shall occur in the trial court after the imposition of sentence and before appeal. The petitioner may raise any claim that could not have been raised previously, including claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.  (c) Capital appeal.--Direct appeal shall occur after the trial court has concluded collateral review. Claims raised on direct appeal shall be limited to those claims that were preserved at trial and that may be resolved on the basis of the record created up to and including sentencing. Collateral appeal shall occur simultaneously with direct appeal. Claims raised on collateral appeal shall be limited to claims that were preserved in the collateral proceeding in the trial court and to any other claim that could not have been raised previously, including claims of ineffective assistance of counsel on direct appeal.  (d) Limitation on subsequent petitions.--No further review shall be available except as provided in this subchapter.  (e) Capital case in which death penalty not imposed.--This subchapter does not apply to capital cases in which the death penalty was not imposed.    Suspension by Court Order. Section 9571 was suspended August 11, 1997, S.Ct. Order.