JUSTIN MERRIMAN

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Trial Begins



In a courtroom packed with family members of the victim and the suspect, as well as by two dozen police officers, trial began today in the slaying of Pennsylvania State Police trooper, Cpl. Joseph Pokorny on Dec. 12, 2005. The suspect, Leslie Mollett, 32, of Mount Oliver, allegedly shot Cpl. Joseph Pokorny with Cpl. Pokorny's gun following a traffic stop on the Parkway West near Carnegie, PA. (TOP) Leslie Mollett is led into the courtroom as the trial begins. (BOTTOM)Carnegie Police officer Mark Lint waits outside of the courtroom. Lint was the first person to find Trooper Porkorny along the side of the road.