District Court Arraignments

A trial date has been set for early 2023 for a Sheridan man charged with three counts of felony drug possession. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.

At an arraignment hearing Tuesday in Fourth Judicial District Court in Sheridan, 39-year-old Jedediah Franks pleaded not guilty to two counts of possession of a controlled substance –  marijuana, and one count of possession of a controlled substance – methamphetamine. The charges are being prosecuted as felonies because Franks has three prior convictions for drug possession on his record. District Court Judge Darci Phillips scheduled a jury trial for January 30, 2023, and set the pretrial conference for January 5 at 10 am. Each count of felony drug possession is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

Also from District Court Tuesday, 20-year-old Sadie Koltiska pleaded not guilty to the charge of felony possession of a controlled substance – marijuana. The crime is being prosecuted as a felony because Koltiska was in possession of an amount marijuana greater than three ounces. Judge Phillips set a one-day #2 stack jury trial for January,30, 2023, and set a pretrial conference for January 5 at 9:30 am. The felony possession charge is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.