FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - The Latest on the trial of a former Northern Arizona University student charged in a fatal shooting (all times local):
9:55a.m.
The trial for a former Northern Arizona University student charged in a fatal shooting won’t start in July.
A judge granted a request Thursday from attorneys for Steven Jones to delay it but didn’t immediately set a new date.
Two of Jones’ attorneys wanted it pushed back because the State Bar of Arizona is reviewing a conflict of interest allegation against them.
Prosecutor Ammon Barker urged the judge to consider the victims’ rights to a speedy trial.
The judge’s decision marks the fourth delay in Jones’ retrial. A jury in his first trial deadlocked on murder and other charges.
Jones maintains he acted in self-defense when he killed Colin Brough and wounded three other students on the Flagstaff campus in October 2015.
Prosecutors say Jones was the aggressor.
12:01 a.m.
A judge is set to take up a request Thursday to delay the trial of a former Northern Arizona University student charged in a fatal shooting on campus.
Steven Jones’ trial on murder and other charges is supposed to start July 10.
But two of his attorneys want it pushed back because the State Bar of Arizona is reviewing a conflict of interest allegation against them.
Ryan Stevens and Bruce Griffen say they can’t focus on Jones when one of the victims who met with them early in the case is trying to have them removed.
Prosecutor Ammon Barker says the state bar review is a separate matter that doesn’t prevent Jones from going on trial.
A jury in Jones’ first trial deadlocked on charges.
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