This article was originally published on GoErie.com on Dec. 9, 2017 The jury has made its decision in the case of a shooting death of a 19-year-old man in April of 2016.  Marquis Knight is found not guilty on all counts. Knight was cross-examined by Erie County District Attorney yesterday before jurors heard closing statements.  Knight was on […]

This article was originally published on GoErie.com on December 7, 2017 Two men charged in an incident in which a Pennsylvania State Police corporal was assaulted in Harborcreek Township in November were held for court Wednesday on the criminal charges filed against them. Jonathan S. Abbey, 29, was held for court on charges of aggravated assault, simple

The defense in an Erie homicide case is claiming the victim shot first during a gunfight on a west Erie block in April 2016. A defense lawyer told jurors Tuesday morning that the defendant, Marquis P. Knight, “did what every living thing is programmed to do when faced with certain death. “He defended himself,” said

This article was originally published on huffpost.com by Brittany Wong There’s nothing like divorce to bring out the worst in people. Just ask divorce lawyers. Below, attorneys who specialize in family law share the craziest antics they’ve had the pleasure of witnessing over the years. (Out of respect for their clients, they’ve requested to remain anonymous.) 1. “One of my clients

This article was originally published on GoErie.com  by Madeleine O’Neill on November 28, 2017  The defendant in a child pornography case is claiming his lack of technological savvy led him to unintentionally “like” an Instagram photo collage that included images of one of the two girls he is accused of secretly videotaping in a bathroom at a

This is article was originally published on www.nytimes.com by Steve Eder, Ben Protess and Shaila Dewan on November 21, 2017 SPOKANE, Wash. — Six years ago, a police officer in this city in eastern Washington was convicted of beating a disabled man to death and trying to cover it up. After other alarming episodes involving Spokane officers

This is article was originally published on GoErie.com by Madeleine O’Neill on November 20, 2017 An Erie resident who fired shots and was struck in the foot during an April shootout in east Erie was sentenced to a minimum of nearly a decade in state prison Monday. Davon A. McLaurin, 27, received nine and a half to

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Tim Hahn on November 17, 2017 Two Erie men charged in connection with a February shooting that damaged an occupied eastside residence were sentenced to prison Friday morning after pleading guilty in October. Robert J. Harris Jr., 20, and Shawn S. Spearman, 22, also had their sentences reimposed in

This article was originally published on GoErie.com on November 15, 2017 An Erie County judge has extended the deadline for lawyers to file pretrial motions in the case against a 15-year-old Erie boy accused of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a man in January. Erie County Judge John Garhart on Wednesday moved the pretrial motion

This article was originally published on GoErie.com November 14, 2017 Erie County prosecutors will seek a first-degree murder conviction against an Elk Creek Township man accused of killing his wife on their commercial fishing vessel and dumping her body into Lake Erie in June. A trial date was not set in court Tuesday morning during 48-year-old Christopher