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The next federal trial of Roanoke pain specialist Cecil Byron Knox, his practice and two associates has been set to begin in April , according to the schedule for federal court proceedings. A month has been blocked out for the trial, beginning April 13. Last month, a federal jury found defendants in the case not guilty in about half the charges they faced and deadlocked on the remaining counts. But Chief U.S. District Judge Samuel Wilson has yet to rule on several issues in the case. Wilson has not yet decided whether to transfer the case to Lynchburg, as court documents filed by federal prosecutors in the case indicated he might. Wilson has also not ruled on the question of whether to try defendants in the case separately. He has considered trying the drug charges in the case separately from the racketeering, conspiracy and fraud counts that remain . Should Wilson decide to separate the defendants in the case, it would mean that Knox would be tried alone on the drug charges . He still faces three charges that he prescribed narcotics that led to death or serious injury and other drug distribution charges. Knox, along with the other defendants in the case, office manager Beverly Gale Boone; licensed professional counselor Willard Newbill James Jr.; and Knox's former practice , Southwest Virginia Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, also still face racketeering, fraud and conspiracy charges.
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