Rule 21 - Transfer from Common Pleas Court for Trial(A) When permitted. Where an indictment or information charging only misdemeanors is filed in the court of common pleas, the court may retain the case for trial or the administrative judge, within fourteen days after the indictment or information is filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas, may transfer it to the court from which the bind over to the grand jury was made or to the court of record of the jurisdiction in which venue appears.(B) Proceedings on transfer. When a transfer is ordered, the clerk of the court of common pleas, within three days, shall transmit to the clerk of the court to which the case is transferred, certified copies of the indictment, information, and all other papers in the case, and any bail taken, and the prosecution shall continue in that court.Effective:7/1/1973; amended effective 7/1/2004.Staff Note (July 1, 2004 Amendment)
Rule 21 Transfer from common pleas court for trial.
Criminal Rule 21(B) was revised to mandate that the clerk for the court of common pleas transmit certified copies of indictments, information and all other papers in the case within three days after the transfer has been ordered. The purpose for the revision is to ensure the timely transfer of this information so that there is no delay in the prosecution of the case.