The man accused of stabbing his roommate to death in Boulder was granted one more arraignment hearing, but prosecutors on Friday said they would ask that he enter a plea at his next court appearance.
Robert Hicks, 30, is charged with first-degree murder after deliberation in the death of Curtis Stringe, 34, of Boulder. Hicks is also facing one misdemeanor count of third-degree assault.
Hicks had his first arraignment appearance Friday, but his attorney asked for a continuance.
Prosecutors did not object to the request, but Boulder Chief Trial Deputy Adrian Van Nice asked Boulder District Court Judge Norma Sierra that this be the last continuance before the case be set for trial.
Sierra set Hicks, who remains in custody without bond, for an arraignment hearing on Aug. 27.
First-degree murder carries a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole.
According to an affidavit, Hicks called police to the 900 block of East Moorehead Circle at 8:55 p.m. Feb. 14 and said Stringe was not breathing and was bleeding from the stomach.
When officers arrived on scene, they found Stringe unconscious and face down in a bedroom with stab wounds to his stomach and leg. He was transported to Boulder Community Health’s Foothills Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Doctors said Stringe had nine stab wounds in his abdomen and one on his thigh, according to the affidavit. A kitchen knife was found in the bedroom, though police do not yet know for certain whether it was the weapon used.
Police earlier in the day had responded to the same address after Hicks and Stringe were seen fighting. Police said Stringe had a fresh black eye that was swollen shut and dry blood around his nose, mouth, and head, while Hicks had superficial wounds on his knuckles. Both men declined to speak to police at the time.
According to the affidavit, a witness told police the men were roommates and may have been fighting over rent money.
When police took Hicks into custody, officers noted he was covered in blood. He declined to talk to police after he was taken into custody. But according to the affidavit, body camera footage of the initial response recorded Hicks saying, “I should have known not to (expletive) call 911,” and “He fell onto something sharp.”
Hicks said he was “nonviolent” and said that he and Stringe had a good night together, but then later stated that they had gone to the bar together and Stringe had “punched the (expletive) out of me.”
Hicks then made a claim that maybe Stringe did something to himself, according to the affidavit.
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