Northeast Pa. doctor challenges murder conviction
MONTROSE, Pa. - Stephen Scher, the doctor found guilty of first-degree murder this month for shooting his friend Martin Dillon in 1976, is challenging his conviction.
Prosecutors say Scher killed Dillon so he could marry Dillon's wife.
Scher's lawyer, Joshua Lock, has filed motions challenging the conviction, alleging judicial misconduct, and asking for either a hearing on the allegation or a new trial, the Scranton Times-Tribune reported yesterday. Scher was convicted of Dillon's murder in 1997, but an appeals court vacated that conviction and ordered a new trial.
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