In Re: Order Amending Rules 531 and 536 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure
In Re: Order Amending Rules 531 and 536 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure No. 488 Criminal Procedural Rules Docket
| Pa. | May 2, 2017

*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN RE: : NO. 488

:

ORDER AMENDING RULES 531 AND : CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL RULES 536 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF :

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE : DOCKET

: : DISSENTING STATEMENT

JUSTICE DONOHUE

Pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, I would suspend portions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 5747.1(a) and 42 Pa.C.S. § 5747.1(b)(1), which the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee identified as procedural in nature. To the extent the amendment to Rule 536 incorporates those provisions, I respectfully dissent.