PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — After a long delay, Curtis Reeves was back in court Wednesday. 

A judge has set a tentative trial date of October 5 for Reeves, who is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Chad Oulson, 43, inside a Wesley Chapel movie theater on January 13, 2014. 

It's been over a year waiting on the Supreme Court to rule on Florida's stand your ground law, but now that it has happened, Reeves' case will move forward.

Reeves’ attorney, Rick Escobar, told Judge Kemba Johnson Lewis that he was hoping for a January 2021 trial date. He said there are 127 potential witnesses whose schedules he’d need to coordinate with. He also noted that he and Reeves’ other attorney have a heavy case load aside from this one.

“There’s no need to rush to judgment," Escobar said in court Wednesday. "Let’s get this right. Let’s get this right so we don’t have to go through more appellate court decisions, more post-conviction decisions. Let’s get this right in October.”

Meanwhile, Assistant State Attorney Glenn Martin told the judge he was ready for a May or June trial date. He urged the court to give this case precedence since it’s been going on for so long.

“I think it’s almost reprehensible that this thing is still going on six years later," said T.J. Grimaldi, attorney for Oulson's widow, Nicole. "I think it’s an absolute joke to continue to say that they need more time to do things.”

Authorities say the deadly shot escalated from an arguement that started over Oulson being on his phone during the previews of a movie.  The light was apparently bothering Reeves' eyes, an attorney said.  The argument escalated to Oulson throwing popcorn at Reeves and Reeves pulling out his pistol and shooting him.

Reeves claimed he shot Oulson in self-defense, but his trial stalled when Florida's stand your ground law changed in 2017, shifting the burden of proof to the prosecution. 

A judge initally rejected Reeves' claim but when the law changed, a judge put Reeves' case on hold saying there was too much confusion surrounding the new law and he may need a new hearing. 

Late last year, Florida's Supreme Court ruled that decisions in stand your ground hearings before 2017 should remain in tact, meaning Reeves' case can now proceed.