![]() ![]() The Information alleges that Appellee caused the death of a three-month-old infant, N.M., by poisoning the infant with fentanyl. ![]() § 2501(a)) and one count of attempted murder (18 Pa.C.S. On December 20, 2022, the Commonwealth filed a Bill of Information (“Information”) charging Appellee with, inter alia, two counts of first-degree murder (18 Pa.C.S. ![]() We summarize the pertinent background of this case, as follows. OPINION BY BENDER, P.J.E.: FILED: OCTOThe Commonwealth appeals from the trial court’s Janupretrial order directing that it shall provide information requested in Appellee’s, Shannon McKnight, “Request for Bill of Particulars Pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. Appeal from the Order Entered JanuIn the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County Criminal Division at No(s): CP-63-CR-0001628-2022 BEFORE: BENDER, P.J.E., LAZARUS, J., and KUNSELMAN, J. SHANNON MCKNIGHT : : : : : : : : : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA No. ァ 1 and 18 U.S.C.J-A18010-23 2023 PA Super 211 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Appellant v. Independence Mall West Philadelphia, PA 19106 Tel. Department of Justice The Curtis Center, Suite 650W 170 S. ![]() CURRIER Attorneys, Philadelphia Office Antitrust Division U.S. CONNOLLY JOSEPH MUOIO WENDY BOSTWICK NORMAN ROGER L. An additional employee of the defendant, presently known to the Government, who participated in the aforesaid aiding and abetting activities is Makoto Nakazato. In addition, defendant further aided and abetted the price-fixing conspiracy by: (a) meeting with and giving assurance to Japanese manufacturers that the Mitsubishi/UCAR joint venture would not result in increased competition, but, rather, would result in a lessening of competition and an increase in prices (b) counseling, inducing and encouraging UCAR to permit Mitsubishi to continue to sell in the United States the electrodes produced by the Japanese manufacturers in order to prevent the outbreak of price competition (c) selling graphite electrodes of UCAR at prices it knew to be fixed pursuant to the conspiracy and (d) counseling, inducing and encouraging the attempted purchase of the stock or assets of a co-conspirator graphite producer in 19 to further eliminate competition in the graphite electrode industry.Ĥ. Thereafter, and until at least June 1997, defendant continued to aid and abet the conspiracy as charged in Paragraphs 4(a) through 4(d) of the Indictment. The price-fixing conspiracy began at least as early as March 1992. Thereafter, defendant began to actively aid and abet the conspiracy, i.e., it counseled, induced and encouraged UCAR and other industry participants to meet and agree to fix prices as charged in Paragraph 4(a) of the Indictment. During the period of negotiations leading up to the UCAR acquisition, and at least as early as 1990, defendant began planning the aiding and abetting activities charged in the Indictment. On February 25, 1991, defendant acquired 50% ownership interest in UCAR. The additional individual co-conspirators who are presently known to the United States are listed below.ģ. Union Carbide Chemical, New South Wales, AustraliaĢ.The additional unindicted corporate co-conspirators that are presently known to the United States are listed below. Without admitting that the defendant has any legal right to any particulars other than those set forth in the Indictment and fully reserving all rights it may have to oppose or object to any request contained in the defendant's letter of February 11, 2000, requesting a Bill of Particulars, and further reserving the right to file further and amended particulars prior to trial, the United States of America, by its attorneys, voluntarily files this bill based on present knowledge, information and belief which supplements the Government's Voluntary Bill of Particulars filed on May 16, 2000.ġ. GOVERNMENT'S AMENDED AND EXPANDED VOLUNTARY BILL OF PARTICULARS IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. For an official signed copy, please contact the Antitrust Documents Group. To view the PDF you will need Acrobat Reader, which may be downloaded from the Adobe site. This document is available in two formats: this web page (for browsing content) and PDF (comparable to original document formatting). ![]()
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