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Attorney says client charged in double stabbing was acting in self-defense
julieg@herald-mail.comThe public defender for a Hagerstown man charged in a double stabbing Friday night told a Washington County District Court judge on Monday that her client was acting in self-defense after he was attacked by three males. Robert Lee Pettaway, 19, of 237...Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Unger found guilty again in Hagerstown police officer's 1975 murder
The retrial of a man convicted of murdering a Hagerstown police officer has produced the same verdict as in 1976: guilty of first-degree felony murder. Talbot County (Md.) Circuit Judge Broughton Earnest announced his verdict Tuesday in the retrial of...
Tags: Laws, Murder, Criminal Laws, Punishment, Justice System
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Judge to issue retrial verdict next week in Unger case
The Star Democrat of EastonMore than 35 years after his initial conviction, a Western Maryland man will have to wait another week to hear a judge’s verdict in a retrial of his December 1975 murder case. Merle W. Unger Jr. stood trial anew this week in Talbot County, Md.,...Tags: Shootings, Murder, FBI, Court Preliminary, Defendants
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Former Shippensburg man found guilty of voluntary manslaughter gets new trial
waynesboro@herald-mail.comBased on claims of ineffective attorney representation, Franklin County (Pa.) Judge Richard Walsh has ordered a new trial for a former Shippensburg, Pa., man found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the August 2009 shooting death of his neighbor....Tags: Justice System, Murder, Lawyers, Punishment, Assault
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Pa. court denies request for new trial for man convicted of killing neighbor
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently denied Chad Kirby’s request to review a lower court’s decision, effectively ending his current quest for a new trial in the August 2009 shooting death of his neighbor. In June 2011, Franklin County...
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Request for psychiatric evaluation delays jury selection in murder trial
waynesboro@herald-mail.comNewly filed court documents reveal that a request for an emergency psychiatric evaluation halted jury selection last week in a Franklin County, Pa., capital murder trial for a man accused of killing his mother. Defendant Marcus Wallace’s...Tags: Justice System, Murder, Lawyers, Prosecution, Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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Few attend first public hearing on Columbia Gas proposed rate hike
julieg@herald-mail.comOnly three Washington County residents testified at a public hearing Monday night on a request by Columbia Gas of Maryland to raise residential and commercial customers’ total natural gas bills by more than 16 percent. The utility company’s...Tags: Court Preliminary, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Woman sentenced for taking medication meant for patient
A 55-year-old woman was recently sentenced to 14 days in prison for taking medication that was meant for a patient at Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where she worked as an emergency room nurse, U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II’s...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Dwayne Johnson, Punishment, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey)
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Control of Fairplay Volunteer Fire Department at heart of lawsuit
dona@herald-mail.comTwo former and two current members of the Fairplay Volunteer Fire Department are asking a judge to take control of the fire company away from its executive committee, according to a lawsuit filed last month in Washington County Circuit Court. The lawsuit...Tags: Laws, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Attorney for man charged in 2006 slaying seeks dismissal on grounds of double jeopardy
dona@herald-mail.comThe tables were turned Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court when a judge, attorneys and court officials took the witness stand in a hearing in which the attorney for an accused killer is seeking to have the case dismissed due to double jeopardy....Tags: Justice System, Witnesses, Lawyers, Murder, Litigation
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New trial ordered in 1979 slaying of Md. deputy
A judge has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of murdering a Garrett County sheriff’s deputy in 1979. Defense attorney Michael Lytle said Thursday the ruling offers 65-year-old Roberto Rezek of Fairmont, W.Va., another chance to argue he had...Tags: Justice System, Garrett County, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Unger to get new trial for 1976 conviction in death of Hagerstown police officer
davem@herald-mail.comMerle Unger will get a new trial for his 1976 felony murder conviction in the shooting death of a Hagerstown police officer, but only after agreeing to a number of conditions, including giving up his right to a jury trial. Talbot County Circuit Judge...Tags: Laws, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Shootings, Criminal Laws, Murder
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