As of late Thursday afternoon, the July 21 motions hearing for accused capital murderer Adam
Joseph Longoria is on as planned, said Ron Keefover, spokesperson for the Kansas Office of Judicial Administration.
The hearing, in Barton County District Court before Judge Hannelore Kitts, is set to begin at 9 a.m. in the case of Longoria, who is accused of killing 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt in August 2010.
Keefover said, to his knowledge, no motion to continue the proceeding had been filed. There have been reports in other media that Longoria’s attorneys with the Wichita-based Death Penalty Defense Unit had requested the hearing be postponed until October or November.
However, there is no such motion listed on the special website set up by Keefover’s office tracking the case. The website was last updated Wednesday, Keefover said.
Also, a spokesperson for the office of  attorneys Jeff Wicks and Tim Frieden with the Death Penalty Unit said there had been no such request made. The lawyers had asked for a hearing in October or November, in addition to the one scheduled next week, to deal with pre-trial motions.
Longoria is charged in the death of DeBolt last August in Barton County. In seeking the death penalty, the Kansas Attorney General’s Office has charged him with first-degree murder committed after attempting to rape the victim, and indecent liberties with a child.
DeBolt was seen getting into a dark colored SUV at 11 p.m. on the night of Aug. 21, 2010, and a missing person report was filed Aug. 22. Her burned body was discovered on Aug. 23, 2010 by employees at the Venture Corporation asphalt plant near Dundee.
The state filed 22 new motions in the case on June 30, and the defense has filed eight since Monday. At the Thursday hearing, Kitts is expected to rule on most recent pre-trial motions.
In all, over 100 motions or responses to motions have been filed
The new motions include prosecution requests to admit statements by Longoria and photographs of DeBolt before and after her death. They include information on the relationship between Longoria and DeBolt. They also note he worked as an informant for law enforcement.
 A date for a trial has not been set.