Dauphin County Courthouse
The case against a suspended Harrisburg judge accused of shooting her boyfriend will move toward a spring trial date.
During a status meeting in the Dauphin County Courthouse on Wednesday, a trial date of April 7 was set for the case against Sonya McKnight, a suspended magisterial district judge.
In February, McKnight was charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault in connection with the shooting of Michael McCoy, her ex-boyfriend. McCoy was shot in the head while sleeping in his home in Susquehanna Township, and is blind in one eye as a result. McKnight has pled not guilty to the charges.
Sonya McKnight (file photo)
In August, the defense attempted to get McKnight’s charges dropped, claiming that the prosecution did not have enough evidence to bring the case to trial. However, the motion was unsuccessful.
McKnight’s attorney Cory Leshner also said on Wednesday that he planned to file a motion for a jury to be brought in from another county.
McKnight was suspended from her role as magisterial district judge last November, for the second time, based on allegations of misconduct from the Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania.
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