A jury convicted Pennsylvania Judge Sonya M. McKnight, a magisterial judge in Dauphin County, of attempted homicide and aggravated assault.
They deliberated under two hours.
McKnight shot her ex-boyfriend Michael McCoy in his house as he slept a week after he told her to get out.
McCoy survived and testified at the trial.
From PennLive.com:
Although her lawyer asked to have her released, Dauphin County sheriff’s deputies took McKnight, 55, into custody in handcuffs to take her to Dauphin County Prison, the same place she sent many defendants from her magisterial district judge office in her nine years on the bench.As she walked out of the courtroom, past McCoy, he stared at her as McKnight looked straight ahead.She was deemed a flight risk. Her bail was set at $3 million.Sentencing will be May 28. McKnight could face 30 to 60 years in prison.She will later be transported to SCI Muncy, where she will serve her state sentence in the only state prison that houses women.
McKnight shot her estranged husband in 2019. Officials deemed it self-defense and cleared her of the charges.
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