Rule 1035 - Appointment Of CounselCounsel shall be provided to Traffic Division defendants who qualify pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 1035 as follows:
(a) Counsel will be appointed on a per diem basis to represent all Traffic Division defendants entitled to court-appointed counsel in connection with Traffic Division summary trials or hearings on the day of counsel's appointment. A separate appointment order, substantially in the form which follows this Local Rule, will be issued concerning each defendant represented by court-appointed counsel.(b) Court-appointed counsel's appointment terminates at the conclusion of the Traffic Division hearing; however, in the event any defendant represented during such one day appointment is sentenced to a period of incarceration, counsel's appointment will continue for that defendant until final judgment (including any proceedings upon direct appeal) of such prison sentence.(c) Court-appointed counsel's per diem compensation is $200 for representing Traffic Division defendants at the Traffic Division level regardless of the number of defendants represented on the assigned day.(d) Compensation for representing a defendant in connection with an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas (regardless of the number of citations issued to the defendant which are being appealed) shall be $200.00.(e) Court-appointed counsel shall be compensated $300.00 per defendant for appeals to any appellate court from a prison sentence imposed by the Court of Common Pleas.(f) The appointment of counsel constitutes authority for the defendant to proceed in forma pauperis and authorization to file pleadings without the payment of filing fees.FORM OF APPOINTMENT ORDER
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Adopted December 21, 2005, effective on2/1/2006; amended on May 8, 2014, effective 6/23/2014.