A judge's second decision to release one of the men involved in the beating of a teen outside a Pleasantville strip club last year was stopped again.
Hands' older brother, Garnell, and a third man also pleaded guilty in the case.
Mayren-Guzman, who lived with his family in Egg Harbor Township, ran after the attack and was found dead in the nearby marsh almost two days later.
John Hands' attorney, Matthew Portella, had requested he be freed pending sentencing, which the judge granted at his plea hearing last month.
But the assistant prosecutor in the case asked that the decision be stayed while the state appealed.
An appellate division sent the case back to the judge, overturning part of her decision.
On Friday, Judge Nancy Ridgway amended her decision, and again ruled to release John Hands.
The prosecution again asked for a stay.
Ridgway denied that request, but the state was apparently ready for that.
The prosecution quickly filed an appeal, and got another stay in Hands' release.
Both sides are due to have their filings in next week.
That will leave Hands just two weeks until his sentencing, when he would be due back in custody.
"The judge found all the proper factors justifying John’s release," his defense attorney told BreakingAC. "The state obviously was upset by it and is doing whatever they can to keep John in jail despite his gentle demeanor."
"Unfortunately, the defendant followed his brother's actions that night," Ridgway said at the time.
She also noted that Hands was the only one of the three defendants she seriously considered releasing before sentencing.
He faces four years with no minimum when he is sentenced March 3.
Garnell Hands faces five years under the plea agreement.
The third man, Jamaul Timberlake, faces four years.
The plea agreements were contingent upon all three men pleading.
