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A judge this morning postponed the sentencing of murderer Susan Polk until Tuesday, at the earliest, to give her time to confer with an attorney who might represent her.
A jury convicted Polk in June of second degree murder in the 2002 stabbing death of her husband, Felix, at the couple's Orinda home.
Polk had been acting as her own attorney and testified that she killed her husband in self defense. She faces 16 years to life in prison and has asked for an attorney to represent her during the trial's sentencing phase.
The latest attorney to consider defending her, Dan Russo, told Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Laurel Brady today that he first wanted to talk with Polk and the court's presiding judge.
In response, Brady postponed Polk's sentencing and ordered her to return to court Tuesday morning.