HUTCHINSON- One of two Kansas Department of Corrections inmates charged with attempted capital murder, or in the alternative, aggravated battery will face trial on May 24.

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.

During a pretrial hearing Friday, Judge Trish Rose set the trial date as well as a motion deadline of April 22. That means both sides have until that date to file any motions they want heard prior to trial.

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 on December 18, and was given eight years and five months in prison added to his sentence.