Pa. court rejects appeal in midstate police chase, shooting convictions
Now-26-year-old Shawn McCoy was convicted on several counts in the April 2015 chase.
Now-26-year-old Shawn McCoy was convicted on several counts in the April 2015 chase.
Judges on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court and other appeals courts are currently elected statewide. The proposal would divide the state into regions that elect those judges.
– A legislative panel on Wednesday narrowly approved a proposal to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to elect state appeals court judges by zone, a movement largely motivated by Republicans’ anger over recent rulings from the Democratic-majority state Supreme Court.