A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED IN THE BEATING AND STABBING DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN WILL STAND TRIAL LATER THIS YEAR IN CRIMINAL COURT. 37 YEAR OLD PONCHO JUAN DELGADO IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE MAY 2006 DEATH OF 41 YEAR OLD ROBERT CURTIS. DELGADO’S ACCUSED OF BEATING THE MAN AND THEN STABBING HIM 20-30 TIMES IN THE UPPER TORSO BEFORE SETTING THE VICTIM’S HOME ON FIRE. FIREFIGHTER’S DISCOVERED CURTIS’ BODY UPON ARRIVAL. DELGADO’S TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY DECEMBER 5TH.