JAY – A judge set bail at $100,000 cash or $200,000 real estate Thursday for a Jay teenager accused of attempting to kill an Auburn man Sunday.

Adam Mears, 18, his hands and legs shackled, asked a few questions of Judge Robert Mullen Thursday in 12th District Court in Farmington. He asked what a jury trial is and if he would be able to see the evidence.

Mullen said that if the case went to trial, it would be tried in front of a 12-member jury. Mullen also said that his attorney, Richard Morton, would inform him of the evidence.

Mears is accused of stabbing Robert Hart, 21, of Auburn twice with a knife during an altercation. According to a court document, Mears was allegedly under the influence when the stabbing occurred at a Jay mobile home park.

Mears had a tattered bandage on his hand where he had cut off a finger when a folding knife closed on it during the altercation. Mears had been held without bail on a probation violation.


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