In Re: Order Adopting New Rule 771, and Approving the Revision of the Comment to Rule 471 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure (rules)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA IN RE: : : ORDER ADOPTING NEW RULE 771, : AND APPROVING THE REVISION OF : THE COMMENT TO RULE 471 OF THE : PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF CRIMINAL : PROCEDURE : : : : : : NO. 451 CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL RULES DOCKET ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 16th day of June, 2014, upon the recommendation of the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee; the proposal having been published before adoption at 44 Pa.B. 475 (January 25, 2014), and in the Atlantic Reporter (Third Series Advance Sheets, Vol. 68), 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 new Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 771 is adopted and the revision to the Comment to Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 471 is approved in the attached form. This ORDER shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective July 16, 2014. 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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