A 27-year-old Mammoth Lakes man pleaded not guilty Monday to five felonies in connection with the armed robbery of the Minden Bank of America branch in November.
District Judge Michael Gibbons set a trial date of Jan. 16.
Steven Simmons is charged with robbery with the use of a deadly weapon, burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm with the serial number changed, altered, removed or obliterated, and grand larceny.
He is accused of taking $4,807 from the Minden bank branch at gunpoint Nov. 22, 2005.
There were no injuries.
Simmons was captured about 45 minutes after the robbery, and the money was recovered.
Gibbons appointed lawyer Tod Young to take over Simmons' case in light of the upcoming retirement of court-appointed attorney Terri Roeser, who has represented Simmons since his arrest.
Simmons told Gibbons there was a possibility he would hire a lawyer, but the judge appointed Young until that time.
Prosecutor Derrick Lopez said the state expected to call 24 witnesses, and estimated the trial would take eight days.
Simmons has been in Douglas County Jail since his arrest on $250,000 bail.