The double-murder case involving a western Pennsylvania boy who was 11 when charged with killing his father's pregnant fiancée and unborn child has prompted one landmark appeals court opinion and may result in another, as three newspapers fight a judge's order closing the boy's juvenile court trial to the public.
The Superior Court on Monday agreed to delay the trial, which had been scheduled for Tuesday, until the court can hear emergency appeals to open the proceeding.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and New Castle News filed the appeals, and lawyers have 62 days to submit other documents before the court assigns a three-judge panel to hear the request.
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