It will be a few more weeks before a preliminary hearing might be held in the case of a Starkville man accused of manslaughter after a four-vehicle wreck left a Clay County woman dead and others injured.
Attorney Marty Haug stood in for his client, 61-year-old Jimmy Andrew Sims, in Starkville Municipal Court on Wednesday, where Sims was originally scheduled to have his preliminary hearing.
Municipal Court Judge Rodney Faver granted Haug’s request to move the date of Sims’ next appearance, with Haug saying the defense would like additional time for investigation.
A tentative date of May 17 was set in the event that a preliminary hearing needs to be held.
Sims is charged with manslaughter-culpable negligence and aggravated assault after the wreck in March on Starkville’s Lampkin Street, on the stretch of road between Russell Street and South Montgomery Street.
According to court documents, Sims knew the vehicle he was operating had been faulty.
Three of the vehicles were occupied during the collision and shortly after being taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries, 47-year-old Tonya Michelle Graham, of Cedarbluff, was pronounced dead.
The aggravated assault charge stems from a juvenile being injured in the wreck.
Sims is currently out on $35,000 bond.