EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A judge has appointed new attorneys for an Oregon death row inmate in a retrial.
The Register-Guard reports Judge Charles Zennache ordered a stay in Jeffrey Dale Tiner’s aggravated murder case after another judge allowed Tiner’s defense team to withdraw.
The decision was made in connection with what one of Tiner’s now-former lawyers described in court documents as an unspecified conflict of interest.
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Tiner’s trial is scheduled to begin in February, but his new attorneys likely will need additional time to prepare.
Tiner was sentenced to death in 2000 in connection with the 1993 killing of Springfield resident James Salmu. Authorities say Salmu had been beaten, stabbed and shot before his body was buried.
The death sentence was overturned in 2011 when a judge ruled Tiner was not given a proper defense during the sentencing hearing of his trial.
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Information from: The Register-Guard, http://www.registerguard.com
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