The judicial process in the case of the People v. Jacquetta Simmons took another step forward today with Simmons appearing in Genesee County Court to answer to charges stemming from an alleged assault on Christmas Eve against a 70-year-old Walmart employee.
A grand jury indicted Simmons on two counts of assault in the second degree.
As is routine for a criminal defendant at this stage of the proceedings, Simmons entered a not guilty plea.
Earl Key, and his assistant Ann Nichols, the attorneys for Simmons, will now have 45 days to file motions.
Simmons is scheduled to reappear in court June 21 for a hearing on any motions filed on her behalf.
The 26-year-old Batavia woman is accused of hitting Grace Suozzi, who was working at Walmart on Christmas Eve, causing Suozzi to suffer facial fractures.
One of the assault charges is based on a fairly new statute that makes it a felony for a younger person to hit a person over 65 years old.
