The appeal of three men who say they were wrongly convicted of the murder of a policeman has been adjourned to May as their lawyers are still reviewing the 2,000-plus pages of transcripts.

Stephen "Die" Stubbs, Andrew "Yogi" Davis and Clinton "Russ" Evans were convicted of the 1999 murder of Constable Jimmy Ambrose and attempted murder of Marcian Scott in 2013. But attorneys Murrio Ducille, for Stubbs, Ian Cargill, for Davis, and Ramona Farquharson-Seymour, for Evans, just received the transcripts two weeks ago. The matter is now scheduled for hearing on May 4.

Court of Appeal President Anita Allen presided over the appellants' first trial and sentenced them to death. Depending on the composition of the appeals panel on the hearing date, the attorneys will make an application for recusal. Davis, who is seeking bail pending appeal on medical grounds, returns to court for that hearing on March 17.

Stubbs, Davis and Evans were sentenced to life imprisonment for Ambrose's murder and 10 years' imprisonment for the attempted murder of Scott at the now-closed Club Rock Disco. This is the second time the men have been convicted of the offenses.

At the time of their first conviction, they received the mandatory death sentence. The appellate court quashed the conviction and sentence and made an order for retrial in 2004. Due to developments in the law, the death penalty has been discretionary since 2006.

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