People have always speculated about what might or might not happen in 2012, but this past year turned out to be one full of waiting.

The second trial for an Ahwatukee Foothills man accused of murdering his 5-year-old son in 2004 has not yet begun as appellate courts decide whether or not the same judge will continue to oversee the case and whether Jeffrey Martinson will be allowed to retain his sixth set of legal counsel.

Jeffrey Martinson will no longer face the death penalty in the case of his 5-year-old son’s 2004 death in Ahwatukee Foothills.

The new trial in the case of Ahwatukee man Jeffrey Martinson is set to get under way next month after a judge requested it to be reconsidered in March.

A judge denied a motion to set bond for Jeffrey Martinson, an Ahwatukee Foothills man accused of killing his 5-year-old son in 2004.

A judge ordered a new trial in the case of Jeffrey Martinson, an Ahwatukee Foothills man accused of killing his 5-year-old son in August of 2004.

Jury members took the stand Tuesday during a post-trial hearing for the first-degree murder trial of Jeffrey Martinson, and revealed some confusion among jury members over the judge's instructions and advice from the jury foreman.

This past year Ahwatukee Foothills saw dramatic changes and at the same time steady signs of hope.

This past year Ahwatukee Foothills saw dramatic changes and at the same time steady signs of hope.

A judge has declared a penalty phase mistrial for an Ahwatukee Foothills man previously convicted of first-degree murder and child abuse in the 2004 death of his young son.

A judge has declared a penalty phase mistrial for an Ahwatukee Foothills man previously convicted of first-degree murder and child abuse in the 2004 death of his young son.

Jeffrey Martinson was found guilty Monday of killing his 5-year-old son in August of 2004.

Closing arguments in the first degree murder trial of Jeffrey Martinson left jurors wondering if the state had proven without reasonable doubt that carisoprodol toxicity was the cause of Joshua Eberle-Martinson's death in 2004.

The first-degree murder trial of Jeffrey Martinson is coming close to the end.

Jeffrey Martinson's defense attorneys continued to shine doubt on the thoroughness of autopsy reports on Friday, with testimony from a heart expert who said Joshua Eberle-Martinson's death in 2004 could have been caused by a heart defect that only manifested itself later in life.

Jeffrey Martinson's defense attorneys used witnesses last week to show that Martinson was a good father to his 5-year-old son, Joshua Eberle-Martinson, and that ants could have been responsible for Joshua's death in 2004.

Jeffrey Martinson's defense attorney attempted this week to prove that the medical examiner who did the autopsy on his defendant's son's body in 2005 may not have been completely thorough in his examination.

Jeffrey Martinson's defense attorney attempted this week to prove that the medical examiner who did the autopsy on his defendant's son's body in 2005 may not have been completely thorough in his examination.

The first-degree murder trial of Jeffrey Martinson continued Tuesday with an evidentiary trial to decide what parts of the medical examiner's testimony could be admitted before the jury.

The first-degree murder trial of Jeffrey Martinson, who is accused of murdering his 5-year-old son Joshua at his Ahwatukee apartment in 2004, continued this week with testimony from first responders to the scene and close neighbors.

The first-degree murder trial of Jeffrey Martinson, who is accused of murdering his 5-year-old son Joshua at his Ahwatukee apartment in 2004, continued this week with testimony from first responders to the scene and close neighbors.