Jeffrey Martin

McLean County’s longest pending court cases are back on track following Jeffrey Martin’s success in hiring a new lawyer to handle sexual assault and child pornography charges filed against him in 2016.

A man accused of raping an elderly woman and possessing child pornography five years ago told a judge on Friday he has not been successful in hiring a new lawyer to represent him in the county’s longest pending criminal cases.

The rape and child pornography cases against Jeffrey Martin took a baby step forward on Tuesday after a judge gave Martin 45 days to continue his search for a new lawyer in the county’s longest pending criminal case.

Two of McLean County's longest pending criminal cases saw another major delay on Friday with the withdrawal of Jeffrey Martin’s lawyer from his two felony…