Insanity defense tossed for trooper ambush slaying
MILFORD, Pa. (AP) — A judge has barred an insanity defense for a man charged with fatally ambushing a Pennsylvania state trooper and wounding a second trooper near a barracks.
Pike County Judge Gregory Chelak granted a prosecutor’s request to bar Eric Frein from presenting evidence of insanity or “mental infirmity” at his upcoming trial.
Jury selection is slated for March in Chester County, outside Philadelphia. The panel will be bused to Pike County.
Frein is charged with killing Cpl. Bryon Dickson II in September 2014.