A Sedalia man whose conviction was set aside by the court nearly two years ago has a Plea/Trial setting hearing scheduled to be held this week in Saline County.

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 Count. He 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.

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.

Williams’ jury trial was scheduled to be held from February 2-4. But that was cancelled.

A trial-setting hearing is scheduled to be held at 11 a.m. Monday, February 14, at Saline County Circuit Court.