ASHLAND, Ky. — A Martin County man now appears ready to enter a guilty plea in his federal drug case.

Cody Gene Spears, 30, of Lovely, was arrested back in September after being indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of distributing more than 50 grams of meth. The indictment accuses Spears of selling the drug on two occasions in September.

He was originally scheduled to got to trial in November, but his attorney asked for a continuance in order to negotiate a resolution to the case. Those negotiations appear to have borne fruit, as his attorney asked the court Thursday to set a rearraignment hearing in order for him to change his plea.

No ruling has yet been made on the request.