Coles County Circuit Judge Mitch Shick set another hearing date before the jury trial for defendants in the Oct. 24 off-campus shooting.

Marc D. Griffin, 21, Chicago, and Crystal P. Lovemore, 19, sophomore undeclared major whose last known address is 1151 Johnson Ave., appeared in court Monday for a status hearing.

The two are facing aggravated discharge of a firearm charges for knowingly firing a firearm into the residence, 1514 12th St., where seven people were present the night of Oct. 24.

During Monday’s hearing, Lovemore’s attorney Fred Johnson, Mattoon, said he has issued subpoenas to Charleston addressing Miranda Rights and search and seizure for the case.

Circuit court records show Lovemore’s attorneys filed motions for suppression of statements and evidence seized.

Assistant State’s Attorney Duane Deters said the state filed a motion for joinder and a motion for discovery.

Shick gave Deters until Wednesday, Feb. 11, to send Johnson and Griffin’s attorney, Bernard Shelton, Chicago, the discovery motion information.

Griffin and Shelton were requested to attend the upcoming hearing although Deters and Johnson’s motions will be addressed.

“The evidentiary part of my motions will be several hours long,” Johnson said.

Shick will rule on the motions and details for jury trial are expected to be addressed.

“If I grant the motion to joinder, I’ll set the jury trial post-haste,” Shick said.

He said he would prefer scheduling the jury trial to begin either the week of March 15 or March 22.

Probable cause was established Dec. 1, relating both defendants to the crime.

Charleston Police Department Detective Kevin Paddock testified Griffin and Lovemore were arrested Oct. 24 after police received a shots-fired call and occupants of the 12th Street home identified a suspect’s vehicle. The two were apprehended near Domino’s Pizza on Seventh Street and Lincoln Avenue, where the house’s occupants identified them as being near the home prior to the shooting.

One occupant, William G. Bumphus, told police he saw Griffin and Lovemore behind the home before the shooting.

Amral L. Johnson, junior sociology major and Panther football player, a resident of 1514 12th Street, and former Eastern basketball player Kyle E. Hill, Bolingbrook, told police Griffin tapped on the window and said “Do you want to gun play?”

Paddock testified Hill and Johnson told him 5-7 shots were then fired.

Paddock said police found a 45- caliber gun in Griffin’s vehicle at the time of arrest. A trace on his Firearm Owners Identification card listed Griffin as the owner of a 45-caliber Smith and Wesson.

A crime scene technician said shell casings found at and around 1514 12th Street were 45-caliber casings, Paddock said.

All pending matters for the case should be addressed at the upcoming hearing.

“I want to wait until I rule on the pending matters to set the jury trial,” Shick said.

The next hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Feb. 20 at the Coles County Courthouse.