An Allegheny County Common Pleas judge granted a mistrial Wednesday in the case of a man accused of killing his girlfriend’s ex during a custody exchange in Pittsburgh three years ago.
Ambrose Sample Jr., 45, is charged with killing Corey Washington in the Family Dollar parking lot on Brighton Road on Dec. 26, 2022.
During testimony on Wednesday, a Pittsburgh police officer inadvertently revealed to the jury that Sample had a previous homicide on his record. The officer referenced a conversation in which Sample said he’d “caught another body.”…