Wlasiuk trial set for March 3
NORWICH – Accused murderer Peter M. Wlasiuk will face a Chenango County jury for a second time when his re-trial begins in March.
On Tuesday, acting County Court Judge Martin E. Smith scheduled Wlasiuk’s second murder trial to start at 9:30 a.m. on March 3.
Wlasiuk’s original conviction was overturned on appeal in August, 2006. This is the third time the court has scheduled jury selection; previous dates were altered due to the defense requiring additional time, and due to the dismissal of Wlasiuk’s original indictment.
Wlasiuk, 38, is charged with the second degree murder for the death of his wife Patricia Wlasiuk, whose body was pulled from Guilford Lake on April 3, 2002. The couple had lived on New Virginia Road in Oxford and police arrested Wlasiuk on April 8, 2002. He was later found guilty of second degree murder by a jury. Judge W. Howard Sullivan sentenced Wlasiuk to 25 years to life on Jan. 3, 2003.
Investigators claimed that Wlasiuk killed his wife at their home in Oxford and tried to cover it up by staging her drowning at Guilford Lake. Wlasiuk maintains his innocence and claims that Patricia was the victim of an unfortunate motor vehicle accident. The couple was well known in the local area and owned the Angel Inn in Guilford.
In August of 2006, the state’s court of appeals overturned the conviction, citing a “litany of errors,” most of them regarding the admittance of prejudicial materials at the trial. Sullivan recused himself from the case following the decision and Broome County’s Smith was assigned to preside.
In court yesterday, District Attorney Joseph McBride and Wlasiuk’s attorney, Randel Scharf of Cooperstown, discussed witnesses and the admittance of material at the trial.
McBride told the court that he expects to call about 15 witnesses at trial. Scharf said he wasn’t sure, but estimated his number to be between 10 and 30 witnesses.
Wlasiuk is currently being held at the Chenango County Correctional Facility without bail.
On Tuesday, acting County Court Judge Martin E. Smith scheduled Wlasiuk’s second murder trial to start at 9:30 a.m. on March 3.
Wlasiuk’s original conviction was overturned on appeal in August, 2006. This is the third time the court has scheduled jury selection; previous dates were altered due to the defense requiring additional time, and due to the dismissal of Wlasiuk’s original indictment.
Wlasiuk, 38, is charged with the second degree murder for the death of his wife Patricia Wlasiuk, whose body was pulled from Guilford Lake on April 3, 2002. The couple had lived on New Virginia Road in Oxford and police arrested Wlasiuk on April 8, 2002. He was later found guilty of second degree murder by a jury. Judge W. Howard Sullivan sentenced Wlasiuk to 25 years to life on Jan. 3, 2003.
Investigators claimed that Wlasiuk killed his wife at their home in Oxford and tried to cover it up by staging her drowning at Guilford Lake. Wlasiuk maintains his innocence and claims that Patricia was the victim of an unfortunate motor vehicle accident. The couple was well known in the local area and owned the Angel Inn in Guilford.
In August of 2006, the state’s court of appeals overturned the conviction, citing a “litany of errors,” most of them regarding the admittance of prejudicial materials at the trial. Sullivan recused himself from the case following the decision and Broome County’s Smith was assigned to preside.
In court yesterday, District Attorney Joseph McBride and Wlasiuk’s attorney, Randel Scharf of Cooperstown, discussed witnesses and the admittance of material at the trial.
McBride told the court that he expects to call about 15 witnesses at trial. Scharf said he wasn’t sure, but estimated his number to be between 10 and 30 witnesses.
Wlasiuk is currently being held at the Chenango County Correctional Facility without bail.
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