HARRISBURG — A special Pennsylvania court that enforces ethics rules for judges on Tuesday called for a future hearing to determine whether Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin should be paid while she defends herself against criminal corruption charges.

The Court of Judicial Discipline was scheduled Tuesday to hear the case against Melvin, a Republican justice. Her salary is $195,000 a year.

President Judge Robert Curran of the Court of Judicial Discipline said Tuesday morning that he and others would like to hear more testimony regarding Justice Melvin’s case.

Melvin was charged May 18 with illegally using her taxpayer-funded Superior Court staff in her 2003 and 2009 campaigns for a seat on the state’s highest court. She has pleaded not guilty to charges filed by the Allegheny County district attorney’s office.