7/30/19
by News Department on 07/30/19Trial date set for Hall...
A trial date has been set for the woman accused of killing Pottsville businessman Patrick J. Murphy.
According to the Republican Herald, 25 year old Megan Hall is charged with second-degree murder, armed robbery and obstruction of justice after a grand jury voted to indict her in June.
If convicted of the murder charge, Hall faces a mandatory lifetime prison sentence. The penalty for an armed robbery conviction is 10 to 99 years in state prison, while the obstruction charge is punishable by up to 40 years in prison.
Online records with the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office show a trial date has been set for Oct. 8, with another pretrial conference set for Sept. 26.
