HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The trial for the 27-year-old man charged with attempted first degree murder for allegedly attacking Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder is getting underway in front of Judge Trish Rose.
Micheal Sherman is alleged to have attacked Schroeder after retired Judge William “Buck” Lyle upheld his sentence in the child sex case. He is alleged to have jumped on Schroeder who was sitting at the prosecution table a few feet away. This allegedly occurring back on July 10, 2013.
Schroeder said he had marks on his neck which showed where the chains were around him, a mark behind his ear that was very tender and an abrasion on his forehead as result of the attack.
The jury has three options in this case. They can find him guilty of the murder count or in the alternative guilty of aggravated battery. The final choice of course is not guilty.
You may recall that Sherman had been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25-years for a conviction of aggravated criminal sodomy. But, Judge Rose last month departed from that law making the crime of aggravated criminal sodomy, a level one person felony with a maximum sentence of 13-years, 9-months in prison which is what she sentenced him to.
Jury selection is complete with 12-jurors and one alternate. Opening statements and testimony will begin Tuesday morning at 9 a.m., according to Judge Rose.