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Retrial pushed back in Kan. robbery, homicide case

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A retrial has been pushed back to August for a Lawrence man whose first homicide trial ended with a hung jury.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the trial for 30-year-old Dustin D. Walker initially was scheduled for next month. But it was rescheduled for Aug. 17 after a new defense attorney was named Thursday.

Walker is charged with first-degree murder in the March 2014 shooting death of 37-year-old Patrick Roberts during a robbery. Walker was found guilty in February of aggravated burglary, but the jury could not agree on the murder charge.

Another man, Archie Robinson, was found guilty of both charges in March. He was sentenced in April to life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years in the killing.

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