The attorney for Ray Shetler Jr. has filed a petition for nominal bond for his client, based on Rule 600 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Rule 600 demands that a trial for any criminal defendant must be held within 365 days of incarceration, except for delays caused by the defendant. It also stipulates that a defendant is eligible for nominal bond if incarcerated for more than 180 days before trial.
Shetler is scheduled for trial on October 17th on two counts of aggravated assault and a single count of disarming a law enforcement officer for brawling with Westmoreland County deputies and state police at his girlfriend’s mobile home outside of Seward. The authorities had gone there to arrest him for skipping a probation hearing in December of last year.
With the trial scheduled for October 17th, Judge Meagan Bilik-Defazio ordered a hearing on the bond motion for the 14th.
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