Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, Pennsylvania Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICALCriminal cases

A continuance motion made later than 48 hours before trial must comply with Pa.R.Crim.P. 106(D).

time set for trial. Any motion made later than forty-eight hours before the time set for trial shall comply with Pa.R.Crim.P. 106(D).

CRITICALCriminal cases

A party may seek to advance or continue a case on the trial list upon showing good cause, and a continuance after the applicable deadline may be allowed at the Court’s discretion if the opposing party consents or good cause arose after the call of the trial list.

Any party upon good cause shown may move the Court to advance a case forward from its chronological location on the Criminal Trial List, or have the case moved down further on the List to be tried either within the same term of Criminal Court or to be continued to the next term of Criminal Court. Any such motion must be filed in compliance with Pa.R.Crim.P. 106 and Cra.R.Crim.P. 106. The Court in its discretion may continue a case after that deadline if the motion to continue is consented to by the opposing party and/or the Court finds that good cause to continue the case has arisen after the Call of the Criminal Trial List.

CRITICALCriminal cases

All motions for a continuance of a jury trial should be made no later than the Call of the Criminal List and shall not be made later than forty-eight hours before the

All motions for a continuance of a jury trial should be made no later than the Call of the Criminal List and shall not be made later than forty-eight hours before the

CRITICALCriminal cases

The continuance of any preliminary hearing shall be limited to the minimum time period necessary, and should not result in a preliminary hearing being held more than thirty days from the date when the preliminary hearing was first scheduled.

The continuance of any preliminary hearing shall be limited to the minimum time period necessary, and should not result in a preliminary hearing being held more than thirty days from the date when the preliminary hearing was first scheduled.

CRITICALCriminal cases

A continuance excuses attendance at the trial-list call only if the motion was properly presented and granted beforehand; an order entered before the call may also excuse attendance.

All defendants and all attorneys representing defendants for cases on the schedule for that term of criminal court must attend the Call of the Criminal Trial List unless: (1) A Motion For Continuance has been previously properly presented and granted; or (2) An Order has been entered by the Court prior to the Call of the Criminal Trial List excusing such appearance.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Continuance motions for a scheduled non-jury trial must be made at least 48 hours before trial; later motions must comply with Pa.R.Crim.P. 106(D).

All motions for a continuance of a scheduled non-jury trial shall be made at least forty-eight hours before the time set for trial. Any motion made later than forty-eight hours before the time set for trial, shall comply with Pa.R.Crim.P. 106(D).

CRITICALCriminal cases

A continuance motion must state its reason and, for any prior continuance requests, their dates, the moving party, and the results.

A motion for a continuance of any matter shall state the reason the continuance is requested, whether any previous continuances have been requested, and if so, the dates thereof, the name of the party making any previous motion and the results thereof.

WARNINGCriminal cases

All motions for a continuance of a jury trial should be made no later than the Call of the Criminal List

All motions for a continuance of a jury trial should be made no later than the Call of the Criminal List