Stacie Brown, who faces two felony charges in the death of her stepson Ethan on June 19th, made her initial appearance in Starke Circuit Court yesterday.
Magistrate Jeanene Calabrese entered a preliminary plea of not guilty for the defendant. She also delayed a request for a court appointed attorney to defend her.
Brown will next appear in Starke Circuit Court on October 5th for her first pretrial conference. A followup date of November 3rd will be the second conference which is the deadline to file a plea agreement.