ERIE, Pa. (AP) - A New York man who won a new trial in a northwestern Pennsylvania shooting death more than two decades ago is seeking release after a 180-day deadline for the retrial expires Monday.
The Erie Times-News reports that the Erie County district attorney’s office asked a federal magistrate Friday to keep 49-year-old Vance Haskell in prison.
The Rochester man was convicted of first-degree murder in the December 1994 slaying of 24-year-old Darrel Cooley. He won an appeal after arguing that a witness said she got nothing for testifying but prosecutors helped her get probation in an unrelated theft case in another county.
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Haskell’s public defender cites Monday’s retrial deadline in seeking his release, but prosecutors say they aren’t at fault for delays that have pushed the trial past the deadline.
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Information from: Erie Times-News, http://www.goerie.com
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