Commonwealth v. Travaglia

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice. 1

This is a direct appeal from the final orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County denying Appellant’s motion for disqualification of the Honorable Gilfert Mihalich and denying Appellant’s second petition for post-conviction relief. 2 For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the Orders of the trial court.

Appellant and his codefendant, John C. Lesko, were tried jointly for the murder of Apollo Police Officer Leonard Miller at a trial presided over by Judge Mihalich. The jury convicted both defendants of first degree murder and conspiracy to…