An 18-year-old Warren man charged with killing his grandmother was back in court on Thursday.

Juston K. Moore, 18, 619 Fourth Ave., faces four charges — first-degree murder, theft and two counts of abuse of a corpse — stemming from the June 10 incident.

Thursday’s proceeding was formal arraignment where the charges at the Court of Common Pleas level were presented.

President Judge Maureen Skerda read the specific information from those charges.

She advised Moore that the homicide charge brings a maximum sentence of life imprisonment or death. Detailing the conduct, she said the allegation is that the actions were undertaken “all with the specific intent to kill the victim.”

After reviewing each charge, she asked him how he would plea.

“Not guilty,” Moore said.

Thursday’s plea is largely a procedural matter. Online court records show that the next court date is a settlement conference with the District Attorney’s office on Oct. 17 followed by calendar call on Oct. 31.

According to the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute, calendar call is a meeting where the judge meets with opposing counsel to set hearing and trial dates or resolve other pre-trial matters.

At a preliminary hearing earlier this month, Moore’s interview with law enforcement was presented.

“I wanted to kill her because I thought that’s what she wanted me to do,” Moore said in that recording. “I was looking for some way to take control of that.”

He said the cigarettes — “killers” — and the music he was listening to convinced him that God was telling him to kill his grandmother.