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SALT LAKE CITY -- The death penalty trial of a man accused of killing two men over bad directions has been delayed.
The Deseret News reports the trial was postponed so attorneys for Christian Sweeten, 27, will have more time to prepare his self-defense case.
Sweeten is accused of fatally shooting Anthony Gaines and Michael Ehlert in September 2008. He said he feared they would harm him after he confronted them about the bad directions.
But investigators say neither man was carrying a weapon and both were shot in the back.
Sweeten's capital murder trial was set to begin April 5. Now he is scheduled to return to court April 12 for a status hearing.
