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ourt refuses to dismiss Pa. pathologist's charges
By RAMESH SANTANAM 7 hours ago
PITTSBURGH (AP) A federal appeals court Friday refused to dismiss fraud and theft charges against celebrity pathologist Cyril Wecht and said he can be tried again but ordered the judge replaced to help ease the 'rancor in the courtroom.'
The judge at Wecht's first trial did not follow proper procedure in declaring a mistrial after jurors said they couldn't unanimously agree on a verdict, but that wasn't enough to dismiss the 41 counts against him, the appeals court ruled.
Wecht, 77, has earned millions investigating deaths, including those of JonBenet Ramsey, Elvis Presley and Vince Foster.
He was accused of using his former Allegheny County coroner's staff to benefit his private business and trading unclaimed county morgue cadavers for office and lab space at a university where he taught. Wecht was also charged with mail fraud for allegedly overbilling his private clients for bogus travel expenses.
His first trial lasted seven weeks and jurors deliberated for more than 50 hours before telling U.S

Charles Dean Hood, who is scheduled to go to the Texas death chamber on Wednesday, claims that former Collin County Judge Verla Sue Holland and Collin County District Attorney Thomas O'Connell had a secret, intimate relationship.

Hood and his lawyers contend the affair lasted for years, including during Hood's 1990 trial.

O'Connell and Holland were not available for comment.

In a letter dated Thursday, Greg Abbott, the Texas attorney general, asked that the allegations be reviewed, even if it meant delaying Hood's execution.

'The impartiality of a defendant's trial and conviction must be beyond reproach,' Abbott wrote in a letter to the current Collin County district attorney, John Roach.

'Thus, before the state carries out the ultimate, irreversible punishment, the appropriate trial court should thoroughly review this matter,' Abbott said.

Hood's allegations have yet to be reviewed by a court. A state judge originally scheduled a hearing on the matter two days after Hood was due to be put to death. He rescued himself from the case, and another state judge set a hearing for Monday, two days before Hood's execution. Continued...

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