SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A man who was convicted in a 2003 homicide in Salina will go on trial again in January.

The new trial for 52-year-old Douglas Aldrich of Kanopolis will be held Jan. 12 in Saline County District Court. He was sentenced to 51½ years after being convicted in 2003 of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of Jerald Bird outside a Salina bar.

Aldrich contends the stabbing was in self-defense.

The Salina Journal reports  a Salina County judge on Wednesday denied a request to reduce Aldrich’s bond from $1 million to $100,000.

Aldrich’s conviction was set aside in 2012 after he complained his original attorney was ineffective.