After berating the McKean County Court system for not providing
transcripts in a timely manner, the attorney for convicted cop
killer Timothy Williams is now asking for more time in filing his
brief.

West Chester attorney Sam Stretton filed a motion this week
asking for a 14-day extension in the case involving his client, who
was convicted in the 1999 shooting death of Kane Borough Police
Officer Steve Jerman.

Williams, formerly of Coudersport, was convicted by a jury from
Mifflin County of third-degree murder.

In his motion, Stretton said Clarion County Judge Charles
Alexander, who presided over the trial, had told attorneys they
were required to file briefs in the case within 30 days after they
receive the transcripts of hearings held in October and
January.

Williams is alleging that he should receive a new trial in light
of many witnesses who have come forward claiming to have heard
Becky Sue Lucrezi Olson brag that she, not Williams, shot Jerman.
Olson has denied making any such statements.

Olson and Matt Seeley were passengers in the car driven by
Williams. Williams was pulled over by Jerman for driving
erratically. Gunfire broke out, leaving Jerman dead and Williams
critically injured. Both Olson and Seeley claim they were having
sex in the back seat when the shots were fired.

Both Stretton and McKean County District Attorney John Pavlock
have until Sept. 21 to file their briefs.

Stretton, however, said that due to him being “on trial
constantly,” has had to file several other briefs in many courts,
and has another trial coming up, he could not file the brief in
time.

He asked that he be granted 14 addition days to file the brief,
extending the deadline until Oct. 5.

Williams is currently serving a 22-40 year sentence at the State
Correctional Institution at Huntingdon.

Williams, now 25, has claimed that he does not remember what
happened the morning of Feb. 20, 1999.

In July, Stretton filed a motion saying there was a “breakdown
in the system in McKean County” which had caused the case against
his client to stall.

Stretton also represents Marion Kay Nersinger of Jupiter,
Fla.

Nersinger was charged with perjury for her testimony in the
Williams case in July 2004.

Nersinger is one of the people who have stepped forward claiming
to have heard Olson say she shot Jerman.

In January, another witness, Justin Wood, admitted to lying to
investigators by saying Olson told him she shot Jerman. Wood
claimed he made that statement because he thought he was helping
Olson.

Both Olson and Seeley were granted use immunity in exchange for
their testimony against Williams in the original trial.

Use immunity essentially means that no statement they made in
court could be used against them.