OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma County judge is scheduled to set a trial date for a former Oklahoma City police officer who faces dozens of charges of sexually assaulting 13 women while on duty.
A pretrial conference is scheduled Wednesday for Daniel Holtzclaw, who faces a total of 36 charges that include six counts of first-degree rape. The rape charges carry a sentence of up to life in prison.
Attorneys are expected to ask District Judge Timothy Henderson to set a trial date during the hearing. Holtzclaw has pleaded innocent to the charges.
Holtzclaw was ordered to stand trial in November after a hearing at which his accusers gave graphic testimony about the sex acts they said they did not want to perform but did because they were frightened.