From The Bitchless Blog to The US Attorney

Thank you for responding to my email.

It is my understanding that Mr. Harlow Cuadra and his Defense
Attorneys may in fact be BARRED from referencing Bryan Kocis’
2002 guilty plea and as a result, barred from asserting any
conflict of interest claim associated with the Luzerne County DA
prosecuting Mr. Cuadra when The Luzerne County DA was involved
in making alterations to Bryan Kocis’ 2002 guilty plea in 2006..

In early 2008, Newspapers in Luzerne County reported that the
Luzerne County DA filed a motion with Judge Peter Olszewski to
prevent Cuadra from referencing murder victim Bryan Kocis’ 2002
guilty plea when Cuadra was at the time represented by attorneys
from Luzerne County’s Conflict Counsel Pool of Attorneys
(attorneys appointed to their positions by Judges Michael
Conahan and Mark Ciavarella).

Two individuals involved in an ongoing legal battle with Murder
Victim Bryan Kocis are rumored to have contacted The
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2006 complaining that murder
victim Bryan Kocis did not register as a Sex Offender under
Megans Laws as was required by Kocis’ originallly recorded
guilty plea. The subsequent alteration / correction to Mr.
Kocis’ original guilty plea by Judge Conahan and The Luzerne
County DA’s Office retroactively justified Bryan Kocis never
having been registered as a Sex Offender under PA’s Megans Law.
There appears to be some criminality (third degree felony)
involved if Mr. Kocis did in fact improperly evade the
requirements of PAs Megans Law.

Again, thank you for your time in responding to my email.

From The US Attorney to The Bitchless Blog

A review of your information makes clear that Mr. Cuadra may
move to recuse the District Attorney’s
Office if he feels that there is a conflict of interest. The
fact, however, that the District
Attorney may have found legal merit in a motion to correct the
record, does not in itself create a
conflict of interest. It is well within Mr. Cuadra’s power to
fully litigate this issue at his
trial. For that reason, the U.S. Department of Justice declines
to intervene.