Doctor accused of trying to kill wife by bashing her with a rock on Hawaii hike pleads not guilty
The doctor accused of trying to kill his wife while they were hiking in Hawaii pleaded not guilty Monday to second-degree attempted murder and insisted he should be allowed to post bail because of his previously clean criminal record.
The doctor accused of trying to kill his wife while they were hiking in Hawaii pleaded not guilty Monday to second-degree attempted murder and insisted he should be allowed to post bail because of his previously clean criminal record.
Dr. Gerhardt Konig, 46, appeared before a judge for a two-minute-long pretrial hearing via closed-circuit TV.
A trial was tentatively set for June 9 as Konig remains in jail; he will ask the court to set bail.
Dr. Gerhardt Konig appears via video at an arraignment Monday in Honolulu after he was indicted on a charge of attempting to kill his wife.Marco Garcia / AP"As the court is aware, it’s pretty commonplace in attempted murder and murder cases over the last 10 years that some degree of bail would be set," defense attorney Thomas Otake said.
"We see no reason why this case would be any different, especially given the fact that Dr. Konig has no prior record."
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