Jury selection for Danielson murder trial set to begin Monday
NORWICH – William H. Danielson, 49, of Oxford was charged with the Dec. 27, 2013 murder of Lucinda Knoll, and is set to appear in Chenango County Court for trial next week.
The original trial date was set for July 2015, but unknown reasons have pushed the trial start date back to late September.
The jury selection for this Chenango County Court case will begin this coming Monday, Sept. 28, 2015.
“All the pre-trial proceedings are done, and the prosecution is ready to move forward, I expect the trial to last about two weeks at least,” said Chenango County District Attorney, Joseph A. McBride.
Danielson was originally indicted by the Chenango County grand jury in January of 2014 on the following charges: two counts of murder in the second degree, a class A-1 felony; robbery in the first degree, a class B felony; and assault in the second degree, a class D felony.
After health complications which caused a previous attorney to step down, Danielson was switched to attorney Peter DeLucia. DeLucia has since been retained and remains Danielson's attorney to date.
According to a previous story written about Danielson, the last known information indicates DeLucia still plans on making a psychiatric defense for Danielson at the trial. This could be subject to change as DeLucia was unavailable to comment prior to the beginning of trial proceedings.
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