A woman who pleaded guilty last month to killing her boyfriend in Hazle Township in September 2011 wants to withdraw her plea and go to trial.
An attorney for Jessica Alinsky filed court papers Friday saying she maintains she is "innocent of the charges."
Attorney Jeffrey Markowsky of Mahanoy City filed an accompanying motion to withdraw as Alinsky's attorney, saying there were "significant philosophical differences concerning the most appropriate defense to raise at trial."
Alinsky is set to be sentenced next week. A judge will rule on her request.
Last month, a reluctant and tearful Alinsky told Luzerne County Judge Tina Polachek Gartley she murdered her live-in boyfriend in Hazle Township in September 2011. She pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, but did not come to an agreement with prosecutors on a sentence. She faced a maximum of 40 years in prison.
Moments later, Alinsky told reporters she didn't do it.
"I would never hurt him," Alinsky said while being led from the Luzerne County Courthouse on April 2. "Time will tell and the truth will come out."
Prosecutors said Alinsky shot live-in boyfriend Matthew Gailie, 34, in the face at point-blank range at 247 Muskegon Circle in Hazle Township on Sept. 2, 2011.
Alinsky initially claimed Gailie shot himself during a dispute at their home. Following a frantic 911 call by Alinsky the night of Sept. 2, 2011, police and paramedics found a bloodied Gailie dead on the couple's living room floor with a gunshot wound to the face. They said she disturbed the scene to make it look like a suicide.
Gailie's death remained under investigation for several years, but a coroner's inquest was held in July and a jury determined Gailie's death was homicide. The jury said Alinsky was the killer, having fired the gun inches from Gailie's face.
Alinsky remains jailed in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.