Appeal rejected in 1998 police chase crash that killed boy
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An appeals court has rejected a bid for a new trial by a man convicted of third-degree murder in the death of a 7-year-old boy on a bicycle during a western Pennsylvania police chase more than two decades ago. PennLive.com reports that now-44-year-old Jamal Tait argued unsuccessfully that the Superior Court panel should order a new trial because a key prosecution witness now says he lied when he said Tait was driving recklessly and police had broken off the chase. Authorities said Tait, then 22, led police on a high-speed chase in Allegheny County in June 1998 and hit Raymond Michelotti.