HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A Nickerson man who was facing a second trial for the sale of marijuana and found guilty by District Judge Trish Rose after the defendant entered pleas in the cases is scheduled for sentencing Friday.

Armando Corral entered pleas to five sale of marijuana counts and one count of aggravated failure to appear.

He was arrested in Texas after fleeing from the area four years ago. Corral failed to appear in court following a mistrial in numerous drug cases in December of 2011. He was arrested in El Paso trying to cross the border on April 24.

Corral had been charged with numerous counts of possession of marijuana with intent to sell and using a communication device to make drug transactions. The mistrial occurred after one of the jurors read a newspaper article about the trial, then brought it up in ear shot of other jurors. Corral was arrested after making numerous deals with a KBI agent over an extended period of time, this going back to 2008.

The sentencing hearing in the case is scheduled for 3 p.m.