Rule 1920. Definitions.

CRIMINAL AND DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AGAINST JUDGES ‘‘Disciplinary matter.’’ Any matter arising under Pa. Const. Art. V, § 18. ‘‘Judge.’’ Includes any appointed or elected justice, judge or magisterial district judge of the unified judicial system. ‘‘Criminal investigation or prosecution.’’ Includes any offense listed in 18 Pa.C.S. § 106(a) and any other offense if a person convicted thereof may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment. It does not include parking violations or summary offenses, both traffic and non-traffic, unless there is a likelihood that the sentence will be imprisonment. Source The provisions of this Rule 1920 adopted June 23, 2011, effective immediately, 41 Pa.B. 3719; amended October 24, 2011, effective immediately, 41 Pa.B. 6085. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (357740).