A Riley County District Court jury has returned a guilty verdict for Anthony Nichols, Kansas City, Kansas,  on a charge of Attempted 1st Degree Murder.  The verdict was reached Friday afternoon in Manhattan, bringing an end to a trial that began on Tuesday.

Sentencing in the case is scheduled on Sept. 14.

Nichols was one of the defendants accused in the case that involved the death of John Burroughs, 68, Manhattan,  in September of 2013.

Nichols had initially been charged with 1st Degree Murder in the case, but prosecutors amended that charge to the Attempted 1st Degree Murder allegation on Friday morning.