Jim Grant/Nevada Appeal news Service Justin Ready, the man accused of stabbing two Harrah's security guards in November, has a new preliminary hearing date on March 7.
A preliminary hearing where witnesses will be called to testify and determine whether enough evidence exists to try Justin Ready on two counts of attempted murder was moved to March 7, by Tahoe Township Justice Court Judge Richard Glasson.
Douglas County Deputy District Attorney Dina Salvucci filed a motion to continue the Feb. 10 hearing on Feb. 7 but the motion was denied by Judge Richard Glasson.
Deputy District Attorney Dina Salvucci said one of the security guards who was stabbed underwent cancer surgery before the hearing and could not participate because he was still recuperating.
Ready, 24, remains in custody at Douglas County Jail at $200,000 bail on two counts of attempted murder for allegedly stabbing two Harrah's Lake Tahoe security guards in November.
In court Thursday, Ready was seated next to his attorney, Dirk Manoukian, who said he still needed to obtain copies of videotapes and review them.
"I am unprepared to go forward," Manoukian said.
Manoukian previously stated his client acted in self-defense when he allegedly stabbed two security guards, Ahmet Albayrha and David Gontang, once in the neck with a small knife during a scuffle outside of Altitude nightclub on Nov. 27.
Ready turned himself in to Douglas County sheriff's authorities on Dec. 7 after a warrant was issued for his arrest on charges of two counts of attempted murder.
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