HUTCHINSON, Kan. — One of two Kansas Department of Corrections inmates charged with attempted capital murder, or in the alternative, aggravated battery is scheduled for court Friday for whats called a pre-trial hearing.
Thirty-one-year-old Juan Garza is accused in a case where the victim was beaten in the recreation yard of the central unit. Miguel Garcia was first taken to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center then transported to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita for treatment. The incident occurred back in June of 2014.
The pretrial hearing is done to discuss whether there will be any motions filed by either side prior to the case going to trial. The judge will then set a motion deadline for the two sides, possibly set dates for hearings over the motions and then set a trial date itself.
The other defendant in this case, 22-year-old Jerrod Green entered a plea to two counts of aggravated battery, one for this case and the other for an incident inside the old Reno County Jail where he battered another inmate, Ross Chaney.
He was sentenced back on Dec. 18 and was given eight years and five months in prison added to his sentence in the case he was serving time for.