Remote pleading permitted

(a) Subject to the rules of the judiciary and the local rules of the court, a person who has opted to resolve pending misdemeanor matters under this subchapter may still be permitted to enter remotely a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any outstanding or pending misdemeanor charges from where he or she is incarcerated. (b) A remote plea may be given only through a real-time medium with both an audio and visual feed. Added by Act 2021, No. 1048,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021. (a) Subject to the rules of the judiciary and the local rules of the court, a person who has opted to resolve pending misdemeanor matters under this subchapter may still be permitted to enter remotely a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any outstanding or pending misdemeanor charges from where he or she is incarcerated. (b) A remote plea may be given only through a real-time medium with both an audio and visual feed. Added by Act 2021, No. 1048,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.