Woman accused of killing terminal husband smiles in court
Ellen Gilland

Ellen Gilland (Law&Crime).

The trial date for the woman accused of killing her elderly husband at a Florida hospital in a suicide agreement has been scheduled for early January by a judge on Thursday.

Ellen Gilland, 78, is slated to go on trial on Jan. 6, said Volusia County Judge Kathryn D. Weston. There will be 90 jurors called into court that day and the court hopes to be able to seat a jury by Monday, Weston said. Assistant State Attorney Mark Interlicchio said if all goes according to plan he will rest his case within a day or two.

Gilland was indicted on charges of assisting in self-murder, two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, and a count of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer with a firearm in the Jan. 21, 2023, shooting death of her husband, 77-year-old Jerry Gilland at Advent Health Hospital.

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