Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County, Pennsylvania Document Filing Requirements

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Applies to

Transcript request

A requestor seeking a reduced rate or cost waiver must provide proof of authorization or the specified affidavit.

If Yes, please provide proof of authorization for a reduced rate or an affidavit required by Pa.R.J.A. 4008(B)(4) requesting a waiver of all or a portion of the costs.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Ard eligibility application

The ARD eligibility application includes the defendant’s verification that its factual statements are true and correct, subject to the stated penalties.

I verify that the statements of fact made in the foregoing Application for Eligibility for Admission to the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) Program are true and correct upon my personal knowledge. I understand that the statements herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A. S4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities. Date: _____ _____ Signature of Defendant _____ Printed Name of Defendant

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Applies to

Post conviction motion

The motion form calls for identifying supporting affidavits, records, and other evidence by exhibit number, or explaining why none are attached.

(A) In support of this motion I have attached as exhibits: Affidavits [Exhibit(s) No. _____ ] Records [Exhibit(s) No. _____ ] Other Supporting Evidence [Exhibit(s) No. _____ ] (B) I have not attached any affidavits, records or other supporting evidence because

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Post conviction motion

The motion form calls for stating that the issues were not previously litigated or identifying an applicable waiver-related ground, and stating that the failure to litigate earlier was not a rational, strategic, or tactical decision by counsel.

11. THE ISSUES WHICH I HAVE RAISED IN THIS MOTION HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY LITIGATED OR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES: - (I) The allegation of error has not been waived. - (II) If the allegation of error has been waived, the alleged error has resulted in the conviction or affirmation of sentence of an innocent individual. The failure to litigate this issue(s) prior to or during trial or on direct appeal could not have been the result of any rational, strategic, or tactical decision by counsel.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Post conviction petition

A petitioner filing more than one year after final judgment must allege and prove that a listed exception applies.

I AM ELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH THIS PCRA PETITION IS BEING FILED MORE THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE OF FINAL JUDGMENT, I HEREBY ALLEGE AND CAN PROVE THAT THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTION HAS BEEN MET:

CRITICAL

Applies to

Post conviction motion

Provide the facts supporting the motion that are within the petitioner's personal knowledge.

(A) I know the following facts to be true of my own personal knowledge:

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion for post conviction collateral relief

NOTE: List below those informations or indictments & offenses for which you have not completed your sentence.

NOTE: List below those informations or indictments & offenses for which you have not completed your sentence.

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Applies to

ADA accommodation application

An accommodation application must describe the disability and identify the specific accommodation requested.

All applications for an accommodation must include a description of the disability for which the accommodation is sought, along with a statement of the specific accommodation being requested.

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Applies to

ADA request for reasonable accommodation

Submit the completed ADA request form to the court or entity from which the accommodation is sought.

Any person seeking a reasonable accommodation must submit a completed ADA Request for Reasonable Accommodation Form with the court or entity from whom they are seeking the accommodation.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript request form

Anyone requesting a transcript for a court proceeding must complete this form.

Pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. 4007(A), this form must be completed by any person requesting a transcript for any court proceeding.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Crn evaluation

Defendants seeking ARD for a DUI or drug-related offense must complete a CRN evaluation before appearing before a judge.

IMPORTANT: If you want to be accepted into the ARD Program, the law states that you must undergo a Court Reporting Network evaluation (CRN) for any DUI/Drug related offense and that it must be completed by the time you appear before a judge at the Courthouse in Somerset, PA.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Post conviction motion

If the requested appeal is allowed, specify the matters the petitioner intends to raise on appeal.

(C) In the event my appeal is allowed as requested under #4, the following are the matters which I intend to assert on that appeal (Specify the matters to be asserted if appeal is allowed)

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Applies to

Application

To receive an assigned attorney, complete and submit the application to the Register of Wills Office or the Orphans’ Courts.

If you do not complete this form and turn it into the Register of Wills Office, our Orphans’ Courts, an attorney WILL NOT be assigned to you.

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Applies to

Unsworn declaration

The unsworn declaration contains the defendant’s certification that the motion’s facts are true and that false statements are subject to the stated penalties.

I, _____, do hereby certify that the facts set forth in the above motion are true and correct To the best of my personal knowledge or information and belief, and that any false statements herein are made sub- ject to the penalties of Section 4904 of the Crimes Code (18 Pa. C.S. § 4904), relating to unsworn falsification to Authorities.

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Applies to

Application

Parents may apply together only if they are married, live in the same household, and have no relevant conflict; otherwise, they must submit separate applications and receive separate attorneys.

IN YOU AND THE OTHER PARENT WISH TO APPLY FOR AN ATTORNEY TOGETHER, YOU MAY DO SO ONLY IF YOU ARE (1) MARRIED, (2) LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD, AND (3) DO NOT HAVE ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN YOU RELEVANT TO THIS CASE. IF ALL THREE GUIDELINES ARE NOT MET, YOU AND THE OTHER PARENT MUST COMPLETE SEPARATE APPLICATIONS AND WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE ATTORNEYS.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Ard application

The completed application must be returned to the District Attorney's Office.

This application must be returned to the District Attorney's Office when completed.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Post conviction motion

If there were previous Pennsylvania proceedings, the motion form calls for their type, courts, filing dates, term and number, and result.

(B) Previous proceedings in the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania YES NO (IF "YES," name the type of proceedings (such as habeas corpus, etc.) – including former proceedings under the Post Conviction Hearing Act the Court(s) in which petition(s) was/were filed, date, term and number, and result.)

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ADA request for reasonable accommodation

Anyone seeking an ADA accommodation must complete and submit the specified request form.

All individuals seeking an accommodation under the ADA must complete and submit the form titled “Americans with Disabilities Act Accommodation (ADA) Title II Request for Reasonable Accommodation Form”.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Post conviction motion

State the supporting facts clearly and fully, without including argument, citations, or discussions of authorities.

6. THE FACTS IN SUPPORT OF THE ALLEGED ERROR(S) UPON WHICH THIS MOTION IS BASED ARE AS FOLLOWS: (State facts clearly and fully; argument, citations, or discussions of authorities shall not be included.)

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Interpreter waiver form

Court staff must complete the interpreter name or agency and service mode fields on the waiver form.

Must be Completed by Court Staff Interpreter Name/Agency Used: __________________________________________ Interpreter Service Mode:  In Person  Video Remote  Telephone

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Non documentary exhibit

The proponent must photograph non-documentary exhibits, convert them to letter-sized documents, mark them appropriately, and produce them during the proceeding for the documentary record.

(1) Any non-documentary exhibits shall be photographed by the proponent, converted to a letter sized document, and appropriately marked and produced during the court proceeding for inclusion in the documentary record.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Post conviction motion

For facts learned through means other than personal knowledge, explain how and from whom the petitioner learned them.

(B) The following facts were made known to me by means other than my own personal knowledge (Explain how and by whom you are informed):

CRITICAL

Applies to

Post conviction motion

The motion form calls for specifying the relief sought by selecting or describing the requested relief.

12. BECAUSE OF THE FOREGOING REASONS, THE RELIEF WHICH I DESIRE IS: - (A) Release from custody and discharge - (B) A new trial - (C) Correction of Sentence - (D) Other Relief (Specify):

CRITICAL

Applies to

Post conviction motion

The motion form calls for the name of each lawyer who represented the petitioner after arrest and the proceeding in which the lawyer represented them.

9. FOLLOWING MY ARREST, I WAS REPRESENTED BY THE FOLLOWING LAWYER(S): (Give the lawyer's name and the proceeding at which he/she represented you.)

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Applies to

Post conviction motion

If there were other legal proceedings, the motion form calls for the type of action, filing court, date, term and number, result, and all appeals.

(D) Other legal proceedings YES (IF "YES," complete details-type of action, court in which filed, date, term and number, and result, including all appeals.)

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Exhibit

An exhibit containing confidential information must include a Confidential Document Form provided by its proponent.

(c) Any exhibit containing confidential information or the equivalent to any of the categories enumerated in PA. Access Policy § 8.0 shall include a Confidential Document Form provided by the proponent so that the document can be properly sealed by the record office.

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Applies to

Post conviction motion

The motion form calls for identifying the courts where the conviction was previously challenged, with the caption, term number, attorney, and relief requested.

10. I PREVIOUSLY CHALLENGED MY CONVICTION IN THE FOLLOWING COURTS: | Court | Caption | Term Number | Attorney | Relief Requested | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

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Applies to

Post conviction motion

If there were previous federal habeas or other proceedings, the motion form calls for the district, filing dates, court number, result, and all appeals.

(C) Habeas Corpus or other previous in Federal Courts YES NO (IF "YES," name the district in which petition(s) was/were filed, date(s), Court Number- civil action or miscellaneous, and result, including all appeals.)

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Applies to

Post conviction motion

If a direct appeal was taken, the motion form calls for the court, date, term and number, and result.

(A) Direct Appeal (IF "YES," name the court(s) which appeal(s) as/were taken, date, term and number, and result.) YES NO

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

In an automatically transcribed proceeding, introduced exhibits must be attached to and filed with the transcript rather than filed separately.

However, if a proceeding is transcribed automatically and there are exhibits introduced in that proceeding, then those exhibits shall be attached to and filed with the transcript of the proceeding and not filed separately.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Ard application

Defendants must answer the application questions truthfully and fully and return them to the Somerset County District Attorney's Office.

The following questions are to be answered truthfully and fully then returned to the office of the District Attorney Of Somerset County to enable the District Attorney to determine your eligibility for consideration for the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) Program.

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Court official verification

The verifying official must keep a copy in the court’s case file and provide the original to the service provider for submission with billing.

VERIFYING OFFICIAL SHALL MAINTAIN A COPY IN THE COURT’S CASE FILE AND PROVIDE THE ORIGINAL TO THE SERVICE PROVIDER FOR SUBMISSION WITH BILLING.

WARNING

Applies to

Interpreter request notice

The requestor must select whether the proceeding is criminal or civil and check all applicable proceeding types.

Case/proceeding type: (Select criminal or civil and check all that apply):

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Applies to

Ada accommodation request form

The requestor is instructed to select the status that most closely describes their role in the matter.

Please check the box that most closely describes your status in this matter: Litigant Plaintiff Defendant Parent Child Witness Attorney Victim Juror Other (please explain)

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Applies to

Interpreter waiver form

Court staff must complete the designated staff section of the Interpreter Waiver Form.

Must be Completed by Court Staff

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Complaint form

The complaint form asks the complainant to provide at least one way to be contacted for more information.

How can we contact you for more information (Please provide at least one)

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ADA accommodation application

The court may require an applicant to provide additional information about the qualifying disability.

The court, in its discretion, may require the applicant to provide additional information about the qualifying disability to identify what accommodation might be reasonably provided.

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Email accommodation request

An accommodation request sent by email should use “ADA Accommodation Request” as its subject line.

If you make your request by e-mail, please put “ADA Accommodation Request” in the subject line.

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ADA request for reasonable accommodation

For a pending county-court case or a county-court service or program, submit the request to the county court ADA Coordinator or judge, as appropriate to the accommodation.

If a person is seeking an accommodation for a pending case in this county court or for a service or program provided or ordered by a county court, then the request for accommodation is submitted to the county court ADA Coordinator or judge, depending on the nature of the requested accommodation.*

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Court official verification

The court official verification form includes a statement verifying that the provider performed the services on the stated date and time.

I hereby verify that the services were performed by the provider in the above-captioned action on the date and time stated.

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Ada accommodation request form

The request form includes a certification that an ADA accommodation is required for the action on the stated date.

I hereby certify that an Americans with Disabilities Act accommodation is required in the above-captioned action on the date stated.

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Application

Applicants should complete every answer on the application to the best of their ability.

Please complete every answer to the best of your ability.

WARNING

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Interpreter request notice

The requestor must select foreign or sign language and provide all requested information about the language.

Language (Select foreign or sign language and provide all requested information):

INFOCivil cases

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Interpreter request notice

Provide additional information about the limited English speaker’s communication preferences.

Please provide additional information about the communication preferences of the limited English speaker.

INFO

Applies to

ADA Somerset County Reasonable Accommodation Form

To request a reasonable accommodation, please complete the ADA Somerset County Reasonable Accommodation Form and return it to:

To request a reasonable accommodation, please complete the ADA Somerset County Reasonable Accommodation Form and return it to:

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Interpreter request notice

Case type and proceeding (Select Domestic Relations or Juvenile and check all that apply):

Case type and proceeding (Select Domestic Relations or Juvenile and check all that apply):

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Interpreter request notice

Select the applicable language category and provide all requested language information.

Language (Select foreign or sign language and provide all requested information):