The jury trial of a Topeka man charged with brutally beating his longtime girlfriend and trying to introduce manufactured evidence has been postponed two months to March.
On Wednesday, a Shawnee County District Court judge granted continuing the trial of Joseph Taylor Hughes until a start date of March 21.
Defense attorney Veronica Dersch, of Olathe, sought more time to obtain a transcript of a May 20, 2015, preliminary hearing; to have sufficient time to prepare new motions that earlier were due on Jan. 8; and to explore whether to hire an ...