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Page A2 Altoona Mirror, Saturday, September 24, 1988 SOU It from Page A1 first degree and sentenced to death, but in a ruling last year Judge R. Brvce Brumbaugh dismissed the death sentence because, he said, his instructions to the jury on that point were improper. He then imposed a life sentence on Soult. Defense attorney Norman Callan took the case to the Superior Court, noting that Soult did not receive a speedy trial, and that there wasn't enough evidence to convict Soult of murder in the first degree. The court disagreed.

It pointed out that Soult was not brought to trial for 285 days. Defendants are supposed to be brought to trial within 180 days. The Superior Court judges, however, said that 141 days were taken up by a psychological evaluation of Mirror iile photo Charles Soult Soult which had been requested by the defense. Those days could not be charged against the commonwealth, the court ruled. One of the points that the defense made was that Catherine's testimony of what happened did not conform to what pathologist, Dr.

Harold Cottle, said happened. Brumbaugh in his opinion found no such discrepancy and the Super. ior Court said it agreed with the judge. Another point stressed by the defense was that the prosecutor, Oliver E. Mattas, misstated testimony when he summed up his case.

The question, the court said, was whether any statements by the prosecutor prejudiced the jury. "We are unable to find either impropriety on the part of the prosecutor or error by the distinguished trial judge," the Superior Court opinion stated. According to testimony in the case, Soult was upset on the evening of June 2,1979, because Betty Shade was going to leave him. The two had been living together. He and Betty sat in the back seat of Catherine's car.

Michael was in the front seat. They drove to Wopsononock Mountain where Soult and Ms. Shade supposedly were to take a walk in the woods. But, when they didn't return to the car, Catherine went to find them and saw her brother striking Betty. Three days after the killing the trio returned to the scene and moved the body to the garbage dump.

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(Associated Press contributed to this report.) Deaver- White House sources have said that a pardon for Deaver is unlikely. who has been left virtually bankrupt by the court fight, has told associates that he does not expect Reagan to offer him a pardon. Rep. John D. Dingell, whose complaints triggered the investigation, said that "the sentence sends the wrong message.

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