A Sparks man facing four felonies and a couple of misdemeanors has been ordered to stand trial for the second time this year.
Formal felony charges were filed May 4, 2022 in Lincoln County District Court against James Leonard Smothers, 41 following his arrest by Lincoln County deputies.
District Judge John Canavan, during a felony disposition docket April 16 this year, ordered Smothers to reappear at 9 a.m. on April 30, saying the continuance was for one final time.
He was originally scheduled for trial in February of this year.
Judge Canavan has scheduled his trial for 9 a.m. June 10.
At his preliminary hearing on March 17, 2023 before Special Judge Emily Mueller, he was bound over to stand trial.
In count 1, Smothers is charged with possession of firearm after former felony conviction of two or more felonies. On April 22 of this year, in Sparks in Lincoln County, he allegedly had in his possession and control a 9mm semi-automatic pistol with a magazine containing eight rounds located in a crate after he had been convicted on Dec. 27, 2017 in Pottawatomie County District Court of possession of a stolen vehicle; knowingly concealing stolen property; and affixing improper license plate.
Count 2 accuses Smothers of second degree burglary on the same date by breaking and entering into a building located at 349443 E. 1010 Road in Sparks.
The information states the building was owned by Roger Baker which had property of value contained in it and was broken into with the intent to commit larceny.
In Count 3, Smothers is charged with grand larceny after former conviction of two or more felonies by taking and carrying away a storage building that belonged to Baker without his consent and with the intent to deprive Baker of a storage building permanently.
Count 4 against Smothers is injuring pipes or wires after former conviction of two or more felonies by cutting into the face plate to the box of an electric pole to attempt to connect into the power wires.
One misdemeanor count is trespassing without permission by trespassing on property at 349443 E. 1010 Road without the permission of the owner.
The other misdemeanor accuses Smothers of receiving, holding or concealing a lost or mislaid credit card belonging to an individual which was lost or mislaid and Smothers failed to inquire as to the true owner. He allegedly appropriated the debit card to his own use or the use of another without the permission of the owner.
Supplemental information filed by prosecutors for after former conviction of two or more felonies shows that Smothers was convicted on July 15, 2020 in Oklahoma County District Court of the misdemeanor offense of third degree forgery.
It also shows Smothers was convicted on June 17, 2015, in Pottawatomie County District Court of a felony of unauthorized use of a vehicle.
On the same day, in the same court, he was convicted of a felony of possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.