The trials for the two men, who are being prosecuted separately, have been delayed several times.”Ĭhase (Huffman) previously pleaded innocent to the murder of Michael Shane Hogg, a 24 year old college man who was visiting home. Huffman and Patrick Smith are accused of stabbing Michael Hogg to death shortly after the turn of the new year 2014. The judge said he plans to have a phone conference with the attorneys in the case soon to determine how to go forward. The judge said it would be impossible to go forward with Huffman’s trial today. The special judge in the case told the jury pool, who was present in the courtroom, that an incident occurred over the weekend that affected two witnesses in the case. Huffman IV, who was set to stand trial beginning today, was continued. “In Letcher Circuit Court this morning, the trial for James R.