Court proceedings will continue in October for a Lyon County man appealing his conviction on a child sex misconduct charge from five years ago.
Joe Louis Stewart was set for trial to begin in his appeal case on Oct. 7 at 1:15 pm during a rescheduled hearing in Lyon County District Court Friday afternoon. Stewart was convicted of indecent liberties against a child in 2016 and was subsequently sentenced to 25 years in prison with no chance of parole.
Stewart has been appealing since 2018, alleging ineffective legal counsel, improper jury instructions and prosecutorial misconduct.
A prior appeal through the Kansas Court of Appeals and a requested petition review by the Kansas Supreme Court have both been denied.
