The Kocis family's wrongfull death suit against convicted murders Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes is scheduled for October 7 and 8 at 9:30 a.m., before Judge William Amesbury. Both Harlow and Joe will appear via video from their respective prisons.
This blog is basically an archive of the trial news, facts, and opinions related to convicted murderers Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes for their brutal slaying of Bryan Kocis in his rural Pennsylvania home. Harlow and Joe are currently serving life in prison without the possibility of parole. I will continue to update this blog for the duration of Harlow Cuadra's plea for a new trial.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
What Happened to Melnick?
On June 11, 2010... Frank P. Barletta filed an "entry of appearance" for the Luzerne County DA's office with the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, regarding convicted murder Harlow Cuadra's appeal.
While it's widely known that Barletta strictly does appeals for Luzerne County... it makes one wonder... what happened to the original prosecutor Michael Melnick, and why isn't he still handling this?
Update @ 06/27/2010: A source tells me that the reason Melnick is no longer listed as the DA, is because Frank Barletta handles higher court appeals for the Luzerne County District Attorney's Office. Jackie Musto Carroll does it that way so regular ADA's aren't jammed up with appeals and can concentrate on current caseloads, leaving Barletta to handle appeals.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Will The Delays Ever End?
I feel like a broken record...
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania filed an application for an extension of time to file the brief on 04/30/2010, the Court approved the extension to 05/28/2010, and then again to 06/11/2010.
"Appellee's brief due 6/11/10. No further extensions will be granted."
We'll see... something tells me that the book will be out, before Harlow Cuadra's chance for an appeal can even be decided upon.
Update @ 06/14/2010: A quick check of the docket shows that nothing's been filed thus far.
Update @ 6/15/2010: Well it would appear that the Appellee's Brief was filed on 06/11/2010 (guess the clerk was a little slow to update)... an Entry of Appearance by D.A. Frank P. Barletta was also filed.
Update @ 06/14/2010: A quick check of the docket shows that nothing's been filed thus far.
Update @ 6/15/2010: Well it would appear that the Appellee's Brief was filed on 06/11/2010 (guess the clerk was a little slow to update)... an Entry of Appearance by D.A. Frank P. Barletta was also filed.
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