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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A defense attorney withdrew and a judge set a date to appoint new lawyers for a Las Vegas man facing a death penalty trial in the robbery of two pharmacies and killing of a clerk he used to work with.
Records show that defense attorney Tom Pitaro withdrew Tuesday from representing 25-year-old Jin William Young Ackerman II.
Clark County District Court Judge Jennifer Togliatti set an April 9 date to determine if public defenders will handle Ackerman's case.
Ackerman is accused of robbing Walgreens stores at gunpoint Dec. 24 and Dec. 26, and shooting 58-year-old Antonino Isnit to death in the second robbery.
Ackerman has pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and burglary with a weapon charges.
A 2016 trial date is expected.
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