Rule 560 - INFORMATION: FILING, CONTENTS, FUNCTIONS(e) Promptly after receipt of transcripts in court cases, the Clerk of Courts shall forward copies of the same to the District Attorney. The District Attorney shall make such investigation as he deems appropriate and shall then prepare the informations for filing against the defendants. The District Attorney shall file with the Clerk of Courts on the second and last Mondays of each month the informations he has prepared by said dates.(f)Murder Cases. - Whenever the District Attorney files a criminal information against a defendant alleging the commission of murder as defined in 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2502, the District Attorney shall contemporaneously forward a copy of the information to the Criminal Court Administrator. Upon receipt of the information, the Court Administrator shall assign the case to a member of the Court and shall notify the Clerk of Courts and counsel for the parties as to which judge the case has been assigned. Thereafter, all pre-trial and trial matters occurring in the case shall be referred to the assigned judge for disposition. That judge shall also set the date for trial independent of the Court Calendar. Either party may at any time request that a trial date be set.Amended effective 3/1/2021; amended effective 1/1/2024.