Era Associate Editor
www.bradfordera.com
A hearing is scheduled for Friday in McKean County Court on a petition from confessed murderer Thomas Haggie, who is alleging he was induced by his attorney to plead guilty to murdering Megan Konopka in 2009. Haggie, 32, who is currently serving two life terms in state prison, filed a Post Conviction Relief Act petition in October, acting on his own behalf without the aid of an attorney. He is asking to have his sentence vacated and for a new trial to be awarded. He also asked to have an attorney appointed to represent him in the matter. In November, Judge John Pavlock appointed attorney Greg Henry to the case, and directed him to file an amended petition within 30 days. However, after reviewing Haggie’s allegations made in his petition, Henry filed a motion to withdraw as PCRA counsel, saying Haggie did not raise any claims of merit in his petition. The hearing, set for 9 a.m. Friday, will be on both Henry’s motion to withdraw and on Haggie’s PCRA petition.
