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Marilyn Chase Chusid will stand trial on charges of murdering her father, but her lawyers are contending the defendant’s constitutional rights have been violated because the preliminary arraignment was closed to the public.District Justice Dorothy Pollock ordered that Ms. Chusid, 25, of Top of the Hill Apartments, Feaster-ville, stand trial on charges of criminal homicide after presiding at the defendant’s preliminary hearing in Feasterville.Ms. Chusid is suspected of stabbing to death her 70-year-old father, William Chusid, in their apartment.At the Friday hearing, defense lawyer Andrew Schneider from the Bucks County public defender's office, said Ms. Chusid’s rights were violated after she was arrested on April 14.During Ms. Chusid’s preliminaryarraignment before Mrs. Pollock on April 14, the doors were closed to the press and public. Schneider said. I thought the star chamber ended some time ago. It was a blatant violation of her rights.Schneider then moved that the case be dismissed, but Mrs. Pollock replied. The arraignment was closed in her best interests. TheU-hr jlntrllciirnffrDaiiv lt;ind Sundaylt;USPS #143-300 Dafy Paid CntutaionAs of Mar. 31.1980 .....One Year ago *,»§Sunday .. ..... .SUBJECT TO A 3 C AUDITMISS YOUR PAPER*Mrs. Pollock added she did not close the arraignment and did not know who did.During the April 14 arraignment, Bucks County Assistant District Attorney Jay Frontino refused to allow anyone in the conference room for the arraignment.Schneider said the public defender’s office was not told about the arraignment and added, No attorney was called on her behalf.Speaking to Mrs. Pollack, he said, It was closed on your decision on the recommendation of the district attorney.During the Friday preliminary hearing. Miss Chusid frequently called out to dispute the testimony of prosecution witnesses. Mrs. Pollock frequently told Miss Chusid that it was in her best interest to refrain from interrupting the proceedings.At one point, after Miss Chusid insisted that her last name is Chase and not Chusid, Mrs. Pollock said to the defense lawyers, Tell Marilyn to talk to her lawyer if she wants to say something.”Miss Chusid also called out several times that the prosecutionPUBLIC NOTICES Appearing Today On Page 17,1*FIDSBucks Co. Housing Auth.Bucks Co. Schools County of Bucks Dept, of General Services Dublin Borough Palisades Sch. Dist.Upper Moreland Twp. Sch. Dist. ESTATE NOTICESwith him (the murder victim). I'm not going to play with you.The murder suspect has a history of mental illness and one month before the incident was released from Eugenia Hospital, a psychiatric institution in Lafayette Hill. It has not been explained why Miss Chusid was released from the hospital or how she was committed.The victim was an original owner of a Levittown house on Pebble Lane in Falls Township. The house burned down last year and William Chusid and his wife Celia Chusid moved to the Top of the Hill Apartments.The Falls Township house was rebuilt and Chusid put it up for sale the Friday before he was stabbed to death.During the incident, Mrs. Chusid also was stabbed, according to police reports. At the preliminary hearing on Friday. Miss Chusid waved to her mother, who was watching the hearing with a bandage on her left hand.One union amContinued from Page oneshould be presented to the uniontoday.We’re not unhappy at ail, she said.The contract that has not been resolved involves employees of the county planning commission, health department, manpower office, radio room, and assessments office. Those workers are also represented by PSSU.There are a lot of problems with pay scale. It’s going to take some time, said Andrew L. Stern,
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Doylestown Intelligencer
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Apr 28, 1980
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