GUILTY PA - Jaylen West, 23, shot to death, Sharon, 28 Feb 2015

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Michael Dwayne Bagnall - B/M/31 - For Homicide - Brown Eyes - Black Hair

Sharon, Mercer County, is in North-Western, PA

Day 2

Sun., Mar. 1st: Lockport Journal©: http://www.lockportjournal.com/cnhi...5-e7f2-5f00-aa63-605960ace13e.html?mode=story:

Includes Photo

[Awaiting: Height -- Weight -- Distinguishing Characteristics -- Vehicle Description]

Sat., Feb. 28th: KDKA-TV: http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/02/28/police-searching-for-sharon-murder-suspect/

Your One-Click Source* Of Lower Court:

ChargeS --- Bail --- Pre-Trial Confinement --- MotionS

Scheduled Court DateS --- Advancement to Upper Court

*Lower Court Criminal Docket Sheet:

*https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/docketsheets/MDJReport.ashx?docketNumber=MJ-35201-CR-0000073-2015*:

18 § 2501 §§ A (H1) :: Criminal Homicide

*"Recent Entries made in the Court Filing Offices may not be
immediately reflected on these Docket Sheets..."


A$ Alway$: PA Crime$topper$ -- 1-800-4PA-TIPS - https://www.crimewatchpa.com/crimestoppers/
 
PA - Michael Dwayne Bagnall - B/M/31 - Homicide - Mercer County

Sharon, Mercer County, is in North-Western, PA

Day 4

Tue., Mar. 3rd: KDKA-TV : http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/03/03/sharon-man-wanted-for-murder-arrested-in-pittsburgh/ :

Includes Photo & Video

Your One-Click Source* Of Lower Court:

ChargeS --- Bail --- Pre-Trial Confinement --- MotionS

Scheduled Court DateS --- Advancement to Upper Court

*Lower Court Criminal Docket Sheet:

*https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/docketsheets/MDJReport.ashx?docketNumber=MJ-35201-CR-0000073-2015*:

18 § 2501 §§ A (H1) :: Criminal Homicide

*"Recent Entries made in the Court Filing Offices may not be
immediately reflected on these Docket Sheets..."
 
Judge removes DA from Bagnall murder case

http://www.sharonherald.com/news/judge-removes-da-from-bagnall-murder-case/article_2242bc09-223a-5af3-a619-4bc1269d4986.html

Mercer County Common Pleas Court President Judge Thomas R. Dobson on Monday disqualified District Attorney Miles K. Karson Jr. from the murder trial of Michael D. Bagnall, which was to start today.

Bagnall is accused in the Feb. 28, 2015, slaying of Jaylen “Bubby” West of Farrell.

Dobson’s move was fallout from Karson’s relationship with the family of Tonya Bulboff. Defense attorney Stanley T. Booker represents both Bulboff and Bagnall.

Bulboff is implicating Karson in criminal activity, and her attorney and Bagnall’s are one in the same, Dobson said. That presents a potential conflict of interest, and it could be argued that Bagnall could not be given a fair trial, he said.

Wallace continued the case to April because Booker will not be available for trial in March.
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The trial is now scheduled for April 17th.
 
Murder trial delayed until June

http://www.sharonherald.com/news/murder-trial-delayed-until-june/article_4f2dfc0f-b220-55b5-9e60-b55293c5a7d2.html

The new prosecutor in the murder trial of Michael D. Bagnall has been granted a request to delay the trial until June.

Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General Patrick J. Schulte entered his appearance March 31, taking over for Mercer County Assistant District Attorney Tyler Heckathorn due to a conflict, Schulte said.

Bagnall is accused in the Feb. 28, 2015, slaying in Sharon of Jaylen “Bubby” West of Farrell, and stands charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault and prohibited possession of a firearm.

Schulte last Friday filed his motion to delay the trial, and he appeared in court Wednesday.

“Just need a little bit more time to get ready,” Schulte said following the hearing. “We plan to be ready for trial in June.”
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Murder trial rescheduled

http://www.sharonherald.com/news/murder-trial-rescheduled/article_464f8cd3-a61a-5843-8d29-bb6c65271de8.html

A plea deal is on the table for the man accused of gunning down Jaylen “Bubby” West at a party on Feb. 28, 2015.

And shooting suspect Michael Dwayne Bagnall, 33, of Farrell, has until the start of his trial Aug. 21 to decide if he wants to take it, said Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General Patrick J. Schulte.

His trial, which was to begin Tuesday, was continued again this week at the request of the defense, Schulte said. The murder trial, which was first scheduled for last June, has been continued four times.
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Murder trial to begin Aug. 21

http://www.sharonherald.com/news/murder-trial-to-begin-aug/article_3b0570e9-f81a-5fe5-acd1-cfede07bb2bb.html

Defense attorney Stanley T. Booker asked for a continuance because he is going on vacation Aug. 6 to 13 and would not be prepared to begin trial Aug. 14. Mercer County Common Pleas Court Judge Daniel P. Wallace on Tuesday set a pretrial hearing for Aug. 14, with the trial to follow a week later, the second week of Mercer County's two-week trial term.
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Michael Bagnall gets day in court: Trial opens in slaying of Jaylen 'Bubby' West

http://www.sharonherald.com/news/michael-bagnall-gets-day-in-court/article_bf4fcafa-8b19-57c3-a00a-364736808e85.html

“There is a killer in this room,” Deputy Attorney General Patrick J. Schulte said with dramatic flair Monday in his opening statement at a murder trial.

“And that killer is Michael Bagnall,” Schulte said.

Bagnall’s actions amounted to “justifiable homicide,” his attorney, Stanley T. Booker countered.

“This wasn’t cold-blooded murder,” Booker said. “This was boiler plate self-defense.”
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Prosecutors rest case in Bagnall trial

http://www.sharonherald.com/news/prosecutors-rest-case-in-bagnall-trial/article_3bb7151e-d4af-5817-8319-1dec47e1d6f6.html

Prosecutors completed their testimony with Matthew Kelley, who served time in Mercer County Jail in the spring and summer of 2015 with Bagnall.

They became friendly researching in the jail’s law library, Kelley said.

Kelley said Bagnall told him: “There was a confrontation over money and he killed Bubby West,” Kelley said.

Bagnall said self-defense “was the claim he was going for,” but that was not what happened, Kelley said.

Bagnall said he believed he could get off, Kelley said.
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West's killer gets life

http://www.sharonherald.com/news/west-s-killer-gets-life/article_b71526ec-bdf1-11e7-87c6-2ff44bc6848f.html

Jaylan “Bubby’ West can finally rest, now that his murderer was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, Deputy Attorney General Patrick J. Schulte said.

Mercer County Common Pleas Court Judge Daniel P. Wallace did not have much to say to Bagnall before imposing the sentence.

“I’ve thought long and hard about this,” Wallace said.

Then he sentenced Bagnall to “no less than life” in prison, consecutive to other sentences.
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Grieving mom got 'justice for my baby'

http://www.sharonherald.com/news/grieving-mom-got-justice-for-my-baby/article_1d06792a-bdf1-11e7-98bd-137cf9ede70a.html

“I had to wait two years, but finally I got justice for my baby,” said Joanna “Honey” West, Jaylan’s mother.

“I hold no ill will against him,” Ula West, Jaylan’s grandmother said of Bagnall.

Honey agreed. When asked how they could forgive Bagnall, the women replied, “We weren’t raised that way.”
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Honey and Ula celebrated their son and grandson.

“I wanted you to see just how much Jaylan was loved,” Ula told the judge after inserting a photo of a church overflowing with friends, family and a large part of their community at his wake.

Close to 7,000 people were at Jaylan’s calling hours, greatly surpassing the previous record set at the funeral home.
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Thank you, as always, for the update Richrd!

I just wanted to clarify that what is currently pending is actually a post-sentence motion rather than an appeal. (Please don't take that as being nitpicky, Richrd! I just wanted to avoid any confusion for when this likely does get appealed to the Superior Court.)

For anyone not sure of the difference, a post-sentence motion is decided by the original trial judge, while an appeal is decided by a panel of appellate court judges.

Also, in case anyone is curious on timing, we can expect a decision on the post-sentence motion by April 9.

Warning: this next part is boring, but I need to explain my source for that date. There is strict timing for ruling on post-sentence motions, unlike most other types of motions or appeals. The procedural rules (see link below) require a decision within 120 days from the date of filing, and allow for one 30 day extension of that deadline. According to the docket (see Richrd's link), the motion was filed November 9, and a 30 day extension was granted. By my calculations, 150 days would expire April 8. Since April 8 is a Sunday, the deadline would be the next business day, April 9. If the judge does not issue a ruling by that date, the motion is automatically considered denied.
https://www.pacode.com/secure/data/234/chapter7/s720.html


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Just checked the docket sheet and there's nothing on there yet. A decision should have been reached on the post-sentence motion by today. If not, the motion would automatically be considered denied according to the procedural rules. There can be a delay of entries being entered into the system though, so I will check back in a day or two.


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