by Bickerton Law | Nov 1, 2021 | Homicide, Know The Law, Law Learning Center
One of the most serious crimes in Pennsylvania is homicide. Criminal homicide is defined as causing the death of another human being “intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or negligently.” First-degree Murder If a person has killed another willfully, deliberately, or...
by Lea Bickerton | Oct 23, 2009 | Homicide, In the News
Rickie Lee Fowler has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder after after five men died from heart attacks during the 2003 San Bernadino wildfires. Supervising Deputy District Attorney Victor Strull contends that, even though the men did not die in the...
by Lea Bickerton | Dec 11, 2008 | Homicide, Prosecutorial Misconduct
Centre County Court of Common Pleas Judge Bradley P. Lunsford overturned the third-degree murder conviction of Andrew Rogers after ruling that the district attorney improperly withheld evidence. Rogers was convicted of killing Youngcheol Park. After his arrest, Rogers...
by Lea Bickerton | Oct 28, 2008 | High Profile Cases, Homicide
Last week, Casey Anthony was charged with first degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child, and other charges. These charges were filed although the body of Caylee Anthony has not been recovered. In Florida, a body is not necessary to...
by Lea Bickerton | Oct 9, 2008 | Case Law Summaries, Homicide, Mandatory Sentence, sentencing
Commonwealth v. Morris 2008 PA Super 235Topic: Enhanced Sentencing-HomicideSummary: For sentencing purposes, where two murders are tried together, the second charge may be used to give the defendant a mandatory life sentence under 42 Pa.C.S.A. §...
by Lea Bickerton | Oct 5, 2008 | Criminal Defenses, Gulf War Syndrome, Homicide, Novel Defenses, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
A Westmoreland County man is currently raising a defense of Gulf War Syndrome or post-traumatic stress disorder. Scott A. Laich, who served in Iraq in 1991, was first convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her lover in 1997. Due to improperly admitted hearsay...
