A Wyoming judge has denied a motion to dismiss all charges against a man accused of punching a Sheridan hockey coach so hard that he died.
Patrick Mudd, 48, died last summer after he and 34-year-old Cody McCalla got into a fight over a parking spot outside a rodeo.
McCalla was charged with involuntary manslaughter, and his attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the charges, claiming McCalla acted in self-defense under Wyoming's stand-your-ground law.
District Court Judge Benjamin Kirven disagreed and denied that motion, according to Sheridan Media. A five-day jury trial is now set to begin in early March, with McCalla facing up to 20 years in prison.
