The state Supreme Court has ordered the Superior Court to determine whether a claim of double jeopardy made by state Sen. Jane C. Orie, R-Allegheny, was frivolous in her attempt to avoid a second trial over her alleged election work on state time.
Orie had been charged with three counts of theft of services, three counts of conflict of interest and one count of criminal conspiracy. Allegheny County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey A. Manning granted a mistrial during jury deliberations when the prosecution showed certain defense documents were apparently forged. A new trial has been delayed until Oct. 3 so as to allow these appeals to conclude.
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