Five months after the stabbing death of an Upper Macungie Township woman, attorneys for the accused met Aug. 25 with the prosecutor and Lehigh County Judge Maria Dantos.

Jamie Lynn Silvonek, 14, and her then boyfriend, Caleb Barnes, 21, have been held without bail in Lehigh County Prison since being charged with criminal homicide, conspiracy, abuse of a corpse and evidence tampering in the March 14, death of Silvonek’s mother, 54-year-old Cheryl Silvonek.

In the conference held behind closed doors, Dantos set an Oct. 28 date for pretrial arguments.

Defense attorneys are seeking similar motions for severance, change of venue and suppression of statements.

John Waldron, attorney for Silvonek, will argue to suppress statements allegedly made to police by his client after her grandmother left the room at the South Whitehall Police Department.

Attorneys for both Silvonek and Barnes are expected to argue for a change of venue citing a tainted jury pool in Lehigh County in light of the media frenzy surrounding the case.

Motions for severance will either be argued or submitted by brief on Oct. 28.

Barnes’ attorney stated his client’s trial should be severed from Silvonek’s because she allegedly implicated Barnes in her statements to police.

Silvonek’s attorney is expected to argue it is inappropriate for his client, a juvenile, to be tried as an adult.

A day later, Oct. 29, Waldron is expected to argue for decertification, essentially asking the court to send Silvonek’s case to juvenile court.

If decertification is granted, the motions for severance and change of venue would be moot in Silvonek’s case as her trial would be held in juvenile court and decided by a judge and not a jury.

Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Dimmig said Tuesday his office continues to be opposed to moving Silvonek’s case to juvenile court. They will be filing a brief on the severance issue as well.

Waldron also made a motion to review Barnes’ military records.

“The commonwealth has Mr. Barnes’ records, but they have been sealed,” Waldron said.

A compromise was made wherein the judge will view the records alone in chambers and decide if there is any evidence that should be made available in the case.

Neither defendant was present in the courtroom.