Miller
MARTINSBURG — Paul Aaron Ross’ plea to third-degree murder gave Pamela Sunderland satisfaction that she hasn’t had since her daughter’s death in 2004.
Ross — charged with killing and sexually assaulting 26-year-old Tina S. Miller of Hollidaysburg — entered no contest pleas on Tuesday in Blair County Court.
“I know (Ross) said ‘no contest’ in court, but that’s just a legal term,” Sunderland said at her Martinsburg home on Friday.
“To me, he can never again say that he is innocent,” she said.
While some defendants render no contest pleas to avoid admitting guilt in court, Pennsylvania law treats no contest pleas as convictions, with no distinction in sentencing procedures.