Man Pleads No Contest In Stabbing Death Of Aunt's Boyfriend
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A western Pennsylvania man has pleaded no contest to third-degree murder in the stabbing death of his aunt's boyfriend last summer.
The (Uniontown) Herald-Standard reports that 36-year-old Christopher Lowry entered the general plea in Fayette County Court.
State police charged him in the Aug. 3 death of 59-year-old Charles White in a mobile home in Georges Township.
Lowry's father testified at a preliminary hearing that he got what he called a "hysterical" call in which his son said the two fought and he woke up covered in blood.
In a no contest plea, a defendant doesn't admit guilt but acknowledges that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict; the plea is treated as equivalent to a guilty plea during sentencing.
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