The case of an Oakland man charged in connection with the murder of a rural Cass County woman will proceed to a jury trial. According to the Omaha World-Herald, a trial for 63-year old Robert Arthur Reynolds, Jr., will take place July 1st in Pottawattamie County District Court. Reynolds plead not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder, Monday afternoon. He was charged in the shooting death of 64-year old Patricia Kinkade-Dorsey.

The shooting took place in Reynolds’ Oakland home during early morning hours of April 9th, during a disturbance that involved alcohol. If convicted on the charge, Reynolds faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.