Section 9148 – Liability to further criminal prosecutions
§ 9148. Liability to further criminal prosecutions. After a person has been returned to this Commonwealth by or after waiver of extradition proceedings he may be tried in this Commonwealth for other crimes which he may be charged with having committed here, as well as the crimes specified in the requisition for his extradition.
Section 9161 – Arrest prior to requisition
§ 9161. Arrest prior to requisition. Whenever any person within this Commonwealth shall be charged on the oath of any credible person before any judge or issuing authority of this Commonwealth with the commission of any crime in any other county of this Commonwealth, with having fled from justice or having been convicted of a […]
Section 9162 – Arrest without a warrant
§ 9162. Arrest without a warrant. The arrest of a person may be lawfully made by any peace officer or a private person without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of another county of this Commonwealth with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding […]
Section 9163 – Commitment to await requisition
§ 9163. Commitment to await requisition. If, from the examination before the judge or issuing authority, it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and that he has fled from justice, the judge or issuing authority must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to the […]
Section 9164 – Bail
§ 9164. Bail. Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws of this Commonwealth, a judge or issuing authority in this Commonwealth may admit the person arrested to bail by bond with sufficient sureties and in such sum as […]
Section 9165 – Payment of costs and expenses
§ 9165. Payment of costs and expenses. All costs and expenses shall be paid out of the county treasury in the county wherein charges were filed in connection with the alleged crime.
Section 9171 – Exchange of offenders under treaty
§ 9171. Exchange of offenders under treaty. Whenever a treaty is in force providing for the transfer of convicted offenders between the United States and a foreign country, the Governor or his designee, upon application of the Secretary of Corrections, is authorized to give the approval of the Commonwealth to transfer as provided in the […]
Section 9301 – Procedures, motions and other matters
§ 9301. Procedures, motions and other matters. All procedures, motions and other matters relating to the trial, by jury or otherwise, of any criminal proceeding shall be conducted in the manner, at the times, on the terms and conditions and in the form prescribed by general rules.
Section 9126 – Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state or who have left the demanding state under compulsion
§ 9126. Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state or who have left the demanding state under compulsion. (a) Extradition from another state.–When it is desired to have returned to this Commonwealth a person charged in this Commonwealth with a crime, and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings […]
Section 9142 – Governor may recall warrant or issue another
§ 9142. Governor may recall warrant or issue another. The Governor may recall his warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant whenever he deems proper.