Wednesday's preliminary hearing for Geraldine Cherry - the Upper Roxborough woman charged with killing her elderly blind roommate by stuffing rope down her throat - was postponed after she suffered seizures in prison and was hospitalized.
Municipal Court Judge David C. Shuter scheduled a July 31 status hearing after defense lawyer Fred Goodman said he did not know when Cherry might be released from the hospital. A spokeswoman for the city prisons said Cherry was taken to an area hospital about one week ago and remains hospitalized.
