The courts have set an April trial date for the Syracuse 32-year-old allegedly involved in a boating hit-and-run on Skaneateles Lake resulting in two deaths.

On Tuesday, the Onondaga County Court set Craig Cordes' trial date for Monday, April 7.

In July, authorities said, Cordes drove a motorboat into another boat on Skaneateles Lake. John Kelly, a 32-year-old Richmond, Va. police officer and his girlfriend, Heather Wilkins, 26, both died as a result of the collision.

The court denied Cordes' attorney's motion to dismiss the case against Cordes, who was a University of Arizona law student at the time.

Cordes' attorney James McGraw said he was not surprised the motion was denied.

In November, a grand jury indicted Cordes on charges of first-degree vehicular manslaughter, boating while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to render aid in distress, reckless operation of a vessel and failure to yield right of way.

McGraw and Onondaga County District Attorney representatives will meet on Thursday, April 3, to ensure both attorneys want to continue with the scheduled trial.

Representatives from the district attorney's office could not be reached for comment.

McGraw said he is confident that the trial will happen.

“Well, there's been no offer that's been acceptable to us,” the Syracuse attorney said. “And we have a very good defense in this case.”