A Sedalia man whose conviction was set aside by the court nearly two years ago is scheduled to go on trial again.

Court documents say 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. 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 that was scheduled to be held from February 2-4 was postponed.

Williams’ pre-trial conference is scheduled to be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 27; and his jury trial has now been rescheduled for 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, at Saline County Circuit Court.