11/8/16
by News Department on 11/08/16Schreiner seeks dismissal of murder charges...
70 year old Jane E. Schreiner, whom prosecutors allege killed her husband in August in their Kline Township home, asked Schuylkill County Judge, Cyrus Palmer Dolbin, on Monday to dismiss both first and third degree murder charges against her.
According to the Republican Herald, Schreiner’s lawyer is requesting that court rule prosecutors have not presented sufficient evidence to support charges of first- and third-degree murder against his client.
State police at Schuylkill Haven have charged Schreiner, of McAdoo, Kline Township, with shooting her husband, Kenneth S. Schreiner, with a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver about 3 p.m. Aug. 4 in their 101 Hillside Road home.
Dolbin did not immediately rule on the request, instead ordering both the prosecution and defense to present legal briefs outlining their positions, and supporting authority, by Nov. 18.
Schreiner is being held in Schuylkill County prison without bail.
