The jury trial date for the defendant in a Homecoming weekend shooting was set during Monday’s status hearing.

Marc D. Griffin, 21, Chicago, will go to trial June 29 at 9 a.m. for his involvement in the Oct. 24 shooting into a residence at 1514 12th St.

Griffin is facing aggravated discharge of a firearm charges as well as a second count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a class-4 felony, filed March 10, Circuit Court Judge Mitch Shick said.

“I would like to enter a plea of not guilty on behalf of my client,” Griffin’s attorney, Bernard Shelton, Chicago, said.

Coles County Assistant State’s Attorney Duane Deters requested dates be set soon so student witnesses could be subpoenaed for trial.

“They have everything that we have,” Deters said.

Shelton requested time to gather evidence before trial, saying he just recently received additional discovery information from the state’s attorney’s office.

“I’ll try to give you time to develop whatever evidence you need to develop,” Shick said.

He set the trial date, with a final pre-trial hearing to be held June 23 at 1 p.m.

“I order all discoveries to be complete by June 1,” Shick said.

All pre-trial motions must be filed seven days prior to the pre-trial hearing, he said.

Shelton and Deters agreed with the stipulations and Griffin was ordered to appear.

Griffin is the remaining defendant in the case. During a Feb. 20 hearing, charges were dismissed for Crystal P. Lovemore, 19, sophomore undeclared major whose last known address is 1151 Johnson Ave.

As part of a plea agreement, Lovemore’s case was dismissed in exchange for her mother, Lorna Lovemore’s testimony.

Crystal Lovemore was also being charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm. She was arrested with Griffin shortly after Charleston police received the report of shots fired into a residence.

The two were found in a vehicle matching the description offered by residents of the home at Lincoln Ave. and Seventh St. near Domino’s Pizza, where police found a 45-caliber Smith and Wesson, Charleston Police Detective Kevin Paddock testified at a Dec. 1 hearing.

Paddock said 45-caliber shell casings were found by the crime scene investigator outside the residence and a search on Griffin’s Firearm Owner’s Identification card listed him as the owner of a 45-caliber gun.

Occupants of the 12th Street residence identified Griffin and Lovemore as being in the back yard prior to the shooting.

Amral L. Johnson, junior sociology major and Panther football player, told police he had been involved with Lovemore and during a fight just two nights before the shooting she told him she had a boyfriend with a gun.

“I can have you killed,” Johnson told police Lovemore said.

During the First Annual Johnetta Jones Memorial Homecoming Step Show just hours before the shooting, Lovemore and Griffin were involved in a fight with Johnson, Lovemore, Johnson and witnesses told police.

Johnson and Kyle E. Hill, former Eastern basketball player, Bolingbrook, told police that moments before shots were fired, Griffin tapped on the window and said “Do you want to gun play?”