LOCK HAVEN A Superior Court panel has ruled that Clinton County President Judge Craig Miller may preside over a homicide trial, despite representing the
Clinton County Judge Craig Miller will be permitted to preside over a homicide trial after a claim of impartiality was ruled against by the state Superior Court
BRIAN ST. JOHN III
LOCK HAVEN After weeks of continuances, a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Brian St. John III, 19, of Lock Haven, who is charged with criminal homicide in the shooting death of Jakob L. Haines, 21, of Beech Creek.
The in-person hearing will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25, in the large courtroom of the Clinton County Courthouse.
A limit of 50 people will be allowed in the courtroom for the hearing and COVID guidelines will be followed.
St. John has been held without bail in the Clinton County Correctional Facility since the fatal shooting on Feb. 26, 2021 at the St. John home, 330 Brewery Hollow Road.