A Sedalia man whose conviction was set aside by the court nearly a year and a half ago is due in court this week.

According to court documents, Jerome Lee Williams II changed his plea from not guilty to guilty in July 2017 to two counts of a sex-related felony involving a juvenile and assault of law-enforcement officers in Saline County and was sentenced to spend a total of more than three decades in state prison on September 11, 2017. However, Williams’ conviction was set aside on April 19, 2020.

According to a probable-cause statement, the charges arose on January 6, 2017, when the Marshall Police Department was advised of an emergency Child Abuse/Neglect hotline call in reference to an adult allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a 6-year-old.

A motion hearing is scheduled to be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, October 12, at Saline County Circuit Court. Williams’ jury trial is scheduled to begin on February 2, 2022.