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An Erie man accused by city police of speeding when his car collided with a motorcycle on East Lake Road in June, a crash that led to the death of the motorcyclist, is facing trial after his case was held for court on Tuesday.
Charges including a felony count of homicide by vehicle were held for court against Alphonso T. Tate, 44, following his preliminary hearing.
Erie police accuse Tate of driving a Toyota Camry as fast as 63 mph in a 25-mph zone seconds before his car collided with a Harley-Davidson motorcycle driven by 58-year-old Michael Ernst of Erie. Ernst was ejected from the motorcycle and was pronounced dead at UPMC Hamot.
A shooting at a west Erie house party in late September resulted in the death of one man and the wounding of another as at least four people fired gunshots inside and outside of a Walnut Street apartment house, according to testimony presented at a preliminary hearing on Thursday.
Erie police initially charged two suspects with homicide in the case, but a magistrate at the hearing dismissed the homicide count against one of the two.
Erie 3rd Ward District Judge Tom Carney agreed with a defense argument that the bullets police said were fired from the one defendant s gun did not match the caliber of the bullets recovered from the body of the homicide victim, 25-year-old Dayquan Holloway.