Today’s schedule for Indiana County’s Court of Common Pleas is made up of many criminal call hearings.
One of the hearings today will involve a Seward man who faces charges of Homicide by Vehicle while Driving Under the Influence. Court documents show 27-year-old Patrick Thomas Walker of Seward will go before President Judge Thomas Bianco today for the hearing. On top of the aforementioned charge, Walker will also face charges of homicide by vehicle, two counts of DUI and two summary traffic offenses. The charges were filed for an incident on September 7th of 2019.
Others who are due for criminal call hearings today are those facing drug possession or other DUI-related offenses.
Criminal Call is designed to update the court and the parties involved on the progress of a case. Proceedings are usually postponed to a later date, but on occasion, guilty pleas have been entered at the Criminal Call phase.
