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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Appointments to the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee

January 01, 2003

HARRISBURG, January 2, 2003 — The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania today announced three organizational changes on the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee. Scott A. Bradley, Esq., and Claire Crittenden Capristo, Esq., both of Allegheny County, were appointed to three-year terms that begin January 1, 2003. Ronald Eisenberg, Esq., of Philadelphia, was reappointed to the committee for a three-year term, beginning January 1, 2003. The committee is an advisory arm to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania that helps to prescribe general rules governing criminal practice and procedure. The committee monitors recent developments in criminal procedure in Pennsylvania and other jurisdictions to identify areas where criminal rules need to be amended, revised, streamlined or simplified. The committee also reviews and responds to the numerous questions raised by judges, lawyers, and court personnel; the public; and agencies within the criminal justice system. The committee has 16 members, including one ex officio member. Each member's term is three years in length and members may serve a maximum of two full terms.