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In Pennsylvania, the courts of common pleas are the trial courts of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania (the state court system). The courts of common pleas are the trial courts of general jurisdiction in the state. The name derives from the medieval English court of Common Pleas. Pennsylvania established them in 1722. [1]
The Allegheny County Courthouse of Allegheny County in Downtown Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania courts of common pleas are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction. There are 60 judicial districts, 53 of which comprise only one of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, and seven comprising two counties. Each district has from one to 93 judges.
The old jail underwent a transformation to become the Family Division of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. [13] The conversion, which cost approximately $25 million and took two years to complete, aimed to retain key elements of the jail like the rotunda, the cell blocks, and the warden's office. [ 14 ]
Allegheny County (/ ˌ æ l ɪ ˈ ɡ eɪ n i / AL-ig-AY-nee) is a county in Pennsylvania, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,250,578, making it the state's second-most populous county, after Philadelphia County.
The Allegheny County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency that serves Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and is the largest sheriff's office in the state. The ACSO serves as a local arm of the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System in a number of roles, including: court security, writ services, sales, prisoner transportation, issuing of firearm licenses and execution of warrants.
Cheryl Lynn Allen (born December 16, 1947) became the first African-American woman to be elected to the Pennsylvania Superior Court. [6] A Pittsburgh native and former Pittsburgh public school teacher, Judge Allen is a graduate of Penn State University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Colville received a Bachelor of Arts from Pennsylvania State University in 1989 and his Juris Doctor from Duquesne University School of Law in 1992. He began his legal career by serving as an intern for the Appellate Division of the Office of the Public Defender of Allegheny County, then became a law clerk from 1992 to 1994 to the Honorable Ralph J. Cappy, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of ...
He was the Allegheny County District Attorney from 1976, when he defeated incumbent John Hickton, [6] until 1998. [7] [8] Colville contemplated a run for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1981. [9] In 1997, he was elected to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, and in 2006, he was appointed to the Pennsylvania Superior Court. [10]