Sentencing for Wlasiuk still up in the air; costs mount for third murder trial
NORWICH – A sentencing date for Peter Wlasiuk remains up in the air, more than three months after the one-time Oxford resident and owner of the Angel Inn was convicted a third time for the murder of his wife, Patricia Wlasiuk.
On July 3, a Chenango County jury rendered a guilty verdict in the case, following nearly three days of deliberations. Wlasiuk was tried for a third time in June following two successful appeals of the second degree murder charge – in 2006 and 2008 – accused of murdering his wife at their Oxford home in April of 2002, later staging an accident at Guilford Lake to cover up the crime. According to Wlasiuk, his wife swerved to miss a deer before veering into the lake, while Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride has maintained that Patricia was already dead when her husband purposely sent his 1998 GMC pick-up truck into the icy waters.
Wlasiuk’s sentencing, originally scheduled for Sept. 4, has been delayed due to acting Chenango County Court Judge Joseph Cawley Jr.’s review of post-trial motions. No future date for sentencing has been scheduled as of yet, and Wlasiuk remains incarcerated at the Chenango County Correctional Facility.
While the trial’s ultimate cost to Chenango County taxpayers is not yet tallied, the county has been billed $43,688 and $55,590 by an investigator involved in the case and Wlasiuk’s attorney, Mark Loughran, respectively. However, according to the Chenango County Public Defender’s Office, that is only a portion of funds due Loughran. If Wlasiuk were to appeal his third conviction, which is likely, approximately $25,000 would be added to those figures.
Wlasiuk retained an attorney for his first trial, at no cost to taxpayers, although his original appeal cost the county more than $32,000. His second trial – including his attorney, an investigator and expert witnesses – cost taxpayers approximately $200,000, with an additional $25,000 tacked on to that for his second appeal. It’s expected that the total cost of all three trials will approach – and perhaps exceed – $500,000. That figure does not include costs incurred by the court, law enforcement or the prosecution.
Add to that Wlasiuk’s stint at the Chenango County Correctional Facility and that figure jumps once again. Wlasiuk has been incarcerated at the correctional facility since Jan. 6 of 2012, more than nine months. And while it’s nearly impossible to estimate the cost of housing any single prisoner, due to transportation costs to and from court and the cost of paying deputies to oversee his court appearances, the figure would have to be substantial, according to several sources who wished to remain anonymous.
On July 3, a Chenango County jury rendered a guilty verdict in the case, following nearly three days of deliberations. Wlasiuk was tried for a third time in June following two successful appeals of the second degree murder charge – in 2006 and 2008 – accused of murdering his wife at their Oxford home in April of 2002, later staging an accident at Guilford Lake to cover up the crime. According to Wlasiuk, his wife swerved to miss a deer before veering into the lake, while Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride has maintained that Patricia was already dead when her husband purposely sent his 1998 GMC pick-up truck into the icy waters.
Wlasiuk’s sentencing, originally scheduled for Sept. 4, has been delayed due to acting Chenango County Court Judge Joseph Cawley Jr.’s review of post-trial motions. No future date for sentencing has been scheduled as of yet, and Wlasiuk remains incarcerated at the Chenango County Correctional Facility.
While the trial’s ultimate cost to Chenango County taxpayers is not yet tallied, the county has been billed $43,688 and $55,590 by an investigator involved in the case and Wlasiuk’s attorney, Mark Loughran, respectively. However, according to the Chenango County Public Defender’s Office, that is only a portion of funds due Loughran. If Wlasiuk were to appeal his third conviction, which is likely, approximately $25,000 would be added to those figures.
Wlasiuk retained an attorney for his first trial, at no cost to taxpayers, although his original appeal cost the county more than $32,000. His second trial – including his attorney, an investigator and expert witnesses – cost taxpayers approximately $200,000, with an additional $25,000 tacked on to that for his second appeal. It’s expected that the total cost of all three trials will approach – and perhaps exceed – $500,000. That figure does not include costs incurred by the court, law enforcement or the prosecution.
Add to that Wlasiuk’s stint at the Chenango County Correctional Facility and that figure jumps once again. Wlasiuk has been incarcerated at the correctional facility since Jan. 6 of 2012, more than nine months. And while it’s nearly impossible to estimate the cost of housing any single prisoner, due to transportation costs to and from court and the cost of paying deputies to oversee his court appearances, the figure would have to be substantial, according to several sources who wished to remain anonymous.
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