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June 25, 2007

Superior Court won’t reconsider Selenski appeal

WILKES-BARRE – The state Superior Court has refused a defense request to reconsider a ruling that reinstated escape charges against double homicide suspect Hugo Selenski.

In a Feb. 6 decision, the court overturned a ruling by Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. that dismissed charges related to Selenski’s escape from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in October 2003. Olszewski had determined prosecutors violated Selenski’s right to a speedy trial, but the court determined Olszewski had held the prosecution to too strict a standard and remanded the case for trial.

Selenski’s attorney, Michael Senape, filed a court motion last month asking the court to reconsider the ruling. The court denied that petition without comment in a ruling issued April 18.

Selenski is awaiting trial on the escape as well as the homicides of Michael Kerkowski and Tammy Fassett, who were among five bodies unearthed at his Kingston Township home in May 2003.

Selenski’s attorneys could as the state Supreme Court to hear an appeal of the escape ruling, but the court is not obligated to take the case.

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