BELLEFONTE — Jerry Sandusky launched his effort to overturn his child sexual abuse convictions with a set of motions that said there wasn't enough evidence against him and the trial wasn't fair.

Lawyers for the former Penn State assistant football coach filed a 31-page document Thursday that attacked rulings by the judge, the closing argument by the prosecution and the speed by which he went from arrest to trial.

Sandusky wants the charges tossed out “and/or” a new trial, saying the statute of limitations had run out for many of the 45 counts for which he was convicted in June. Currently in a county jail near State College, he is awaiting transfer to the state prison system to begin serving a 30- to 60-year sentence.

“The defendant submits the court's sentence was excessive and tantamount ... to a life sentence, which the defendant submits is in violation of his rights,” his lawyers wrote.

FRANKLIN — A 13-year-old northwestern Pennsylvania boy has been transferred to a juvenile detention center.Zachary Proper of Oil City has been moved from the Venango County Jail in Franklin to a detention center in Erie, where he remains held without bond in the Oct. 7 slayings of his grandparents, 69-year-old George Fross and 67-year-old Dorothy Fross. Police say the teen told them he shot the couple after they made disparaging remarks about his mother.Proper's defense attorney did not immediately return a call for comment Thursday.The boy is charged as an adult in the slayings and faces up to life in prison if convicted, though his attorney could petition to move the case to juvenile court where he'd face incarceration or supervision only until he turns 21.

WASHINGTON — A Western Pennsylvania man was shot to death in a supermarket parking lot after an altercation.Police say 55-year-old Vaughn Simonelli was shot Thursday afternoon in a strip mall parking lot in Washington.Washington County coroner Tim Warco says Simonelli was fighting with another man in the parking lot when the other man opened fire. Authorities say the gunman called 911 to report the incident and waited for police to arrive.