David Woods murder appeal adjourned at defence's request

Slightly more than three years ago, David Neil Woods received an automatic life sentence after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Dorothy.
Woods was scheduled to argue for a new trial at a Court of Appeal hearing in Regina Thursday; however, this week the high court adjourned the hearing until September at the request of the defence, despite the Crown being ready to proceed.
It appears Woods, who had been self-represented, retained a lawyer a week bef