Judge can’t order chronic stalker to stay away from his victim, Pa. court says
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
A Lancaster County judge exceeded his authority when he ordered a chronic stalker to stay away from one of his victims, a state appeals court has ruled.
County President Judge David L. Ashworth didn’t have that power when he sent 22-year-old Carlos Olivio-Vazquez to state prison for a bizarre series of incidents involving two women, the Superior Court panel found.
So, in an opinion by Judge Carolyn H. Nichols the state court voided Ashworth’s no contact order. It did, however, let stand Olivo-Vazquez’s 5- to 12-year prison sentence.