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By CHARLES H. BOGINO; Times Leader Staff Writer
Thursday, November 10, 1994     Page: 3A

WILKES-BARRE — A Luzerne County judge has again denied bail to a Hanover
Township man who admitted to stabbing his brother to death.
   
Corrie McGahee, 41, had asked for bail pending an appeal that would allow
him to withdraw his guilty plea.
    Earlier this year, Judge Ann Lokuta refused to allow McGahee to withdraw
his plea and stand trial for the July 10, 1990 stabbing death of his
35-year-old brother, Roger.
   
According to police, Corrie McGahee stabbed Roger as the two argued near
South Main and West Ross streets in Wilkes-Barre. McGahee was sentenced in May
1991 to serve 2 to 4 years in jail for the slaying. He began serving the
sentence at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility after he completed a
previous term for an unrelated aggravated assault charge.
   
McGahee is eligible for parole in April when his minimum sentence has been
served, said his lawyer, Michael C. Kostelaba.
   
Kostelaba argued Wednesday that McGahee doesn’t expect to hear the results
of his appeal to the state Superior Court until well after he is released on
parole.
   
A second, unrelated appeal, if successful, would re-calculate McGahee’s
sentence, meaning he would have served his minimum by now.
   
“So he would wind up serving extra time for nothing,” Kostelaba said.
   
But Lokuta rejected Kostelaba’s argument and McGahee’s appeal, saying there
was no compelling reason that McGahee should be released.
   
Theoretically, McGahee could be tried for his brothe