Did presiding judges law clerk aid defense during criminal trial?
“Attorney Demetrius Fannick cupped his hand in the coffee can and tossed hundreds of shotgun pellets onto the courtroom floor, stunning onlookers in what was widely considered one of the most dramatic moments in Hugo Selenskis double-homicide trial. It has been assumed the theatrics, displayed during the closing argument of the trial, were the work of Fannicks mind. But four months after the trial concluded, Luzerne County District Attorney David Lupas says his prosecution team knew otherwise. In a stunning revelation Wednesday, Lupas accused Daniel Pillets, chief law clerk to presiding Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr., of privately suggesting the antic to Fannick during Selenskis trial….” More (Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader 07.27.2006).
