Nearly a year after Albert Korn was so badly beaten in his Belmont home he later died, the transient prosecutors hold responsible for the 88-year-old man’s attack still hasn’t had a hearing to decide if he’ll stand trial for murder and burglary.
Tyler James Hutchinson, 22, asked for a speedy trial after his arrest but his defense attorney was able to override his client’s wish to prepare for a preliminary hearing. Hutchinson was in court Tuesday for the latest in a string of appearances scheduled to choose a preliminary hearing date but it was again pushed back to May 18 to set a date.
That Friday will be just shy of the one-year anniversary of Korn’s attack in his home on the 2500 block of Hallmark Drive. Authorities believe Hutchinson entered a back window and beat Korn before fleeing with his wallet and jewelry in the man’s Jaguar. Korn was placed in an induced coma with head and face injuries at Stanford Medical Center where he remained until being taken off a ventilator June 17.
Fingerprints from the crime scene later matched Hutchinson who was arrested after a West Sacramento couple found him inside their home. After being convicted in that case and another home invasion, Hutchinson was sentenced to prison for six years and eight months and sent back to San Mateo County.
Hutchinson returned to San Mateo County in late January and, at his second court appearance, announced he wanted to plead not guilty and that he hadn’t killed anybody. He formally pleaded not guilty at a subsequent appearance.
Hutchinson remains in custody on no-bail status. If tried and convicted of murder and burglary charges, he faces life in prison without parole or, if the District Attorney’s Office opts for a capital trial, the death penalty.
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