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.
According to Chenango County Sheriff Ernest R. Cutting Jr., in a press conference written about from earlier last year, 39-year-old Lucinda Knoll was identified as the victim who was murdered at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, then 48-year-old William Danielson of Oxford. Knoll died from sustained injuries at UHS Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City.
Danielson has pled not-guilty to all his charges thus far.
It is alleged that on Dec. 27, 2013 at approximately 6:30 a.m., Danielson intentionally caused Knoll’s death by striking her in the head numerous times with a “blunt object.”
This attack allegedly took place in front of Danielson and Knoll's, 7-year-old child as Knoll was preparing to take the child to school.
Danielson also allegedly forcibly stole property from Knoll after causing her serious injury that ultimately led to her death.
William Danielson fled the scene immediately after allegedly committing the crime, and was only found by authorities later that same morning, after he had crashed his pick-up truck into a utility poll and then abandoned the vehicle to continue on foot.
On Dec. 29, 2013, Danielson was arraigned in the Town of Norwich Court and was remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility without bail, where he has been incarcerated since.
“Murder in the second degree means he could be facing 25 to life. The question is if we can run sentences consecutively, if so, Danielson could be facing up to 50 years to life,” said McBride.
Members from the City of Norwich Police Department K-9 unit, New York State Police Troop C, and Chenango County Sheriff's Office assisted with the investigation.
“Cant say much to the public before the trial, but the public does have a right to know what happened, I have been in touch with the family and my heart truly does go out to them,” said McBride.
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.
According to Chenango County Sheriff Ernest R. Cutting Jr., in a press conference written about from earlier last year, 39-year-old Lucinda Knoll was identified as the victim who was murdered at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, then 48-year-old William Danielson of Oxford. Knoll died from sustained injuries at UHS Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City.
Danielson has pled not-guilty to all his charges thus far.
It is alleged that on Dec. 27, 2013 at approximately 6:30 a.m., Danielson intentionally caused Knoll’s death by striking her in the head numerous times with a “blunt object.”
This attack allegedly took place in front of Danielson and Knoll's, 7-year-old child as Knoll was preparing to take the child to school.
Danielson also allegedly forcibly stole property from Knoll after causing her serious injury that ultimately led to her death.
William Danielson fled the scene immediately after allegedly committing the crime, and was only found by authorities later that same morning, after he had crashed his pick-up truck into a utility poll and then abandoned the vehicle to continue on foot.
On Dec. 29, 2013, Danielson was arraigned in the Town of Norwich Court and was remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility without bail, where he has been incarcerated since.
“Murder in the second degree means he could be facing 25 to life. The question is if we can run sentences consecutively, if so, Danielson could be facing up to 50 years to life,” said McBride.
Members from the City of Norwich Police Department K-9 unit, New York State Police Troop C, and Chenango County Sheriff's Office assisted with the investigation.
“Cant say much to the public before the trial, but the public does have a right to know what happened, I have been in touch with the family and my heart truly does go out to them,” said McBride.
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