Allen v. State

ALPERT, Judge.

This appeal involves a murder-for-hire scheme that resulted in one conviction but, fortunately, no deaths. We shall affirm.

Procedure below

The grand jury for Allegheny County indicted Dr. William Reed Allen, Jr., appellant, on two counts of common law solicitation to commit murder. Count one charged Allen, a dentist, with soliciting an undercover police officer to kill a Deputy State’s Attorney; count two charged Allen with soliciting the undercover police officer to kill a City of Cumberland Police Officer. Judge Gary G. Leasure of the *708Circuit Court for Allegheny County, acting…