BAY MINETTE, Ala. — The Baldwin County District Attorney’s office is continuing to review and gather additional information in the murder case of Stephen Nodine and may not decide by the end of the month if the case will be retried, according to spokesperson Martha Simmons.

“The case is still being evaluated and a decision will not be made by Monday,” Simmons said Wednesday.

District Attorney Hallie Dixon said last week that experts are poring over additional information and an additional forensic expert will be consulted. Nodine is charged with the murder of Angel Downs last year at her Gulf Shores condominium.

The December trial of the former Mobile County Commissioner resulted in a hung jury and a mistrial on murder and stalking charges related to the homicide.He was convicted of an ethics violation involving the use of a county-issued vehicle. Adjudication of that charge is pending until Dixon makes a prosecutorial decision.

“I said last month that after a month of very thorough analysis, I hoped to be able to determine whether a new trial would take place, and when,” Dixon said in a news release. “However, as we have studied the case files for the past several weeks, we have identified many leads that we are obliged to follow.”

Dixon took office in January. Outgoing District Attorney Judy Newcomb tried the case in December.

“We are complying with requests from the experts who worked on the previous mistrial and have asked for additional materials to study,” Dixon stated. “We also have been advised to engage the services of another professional with specific forensic analysis skill to study evidence not introduced in the previous trial.

“When we receive the reports from the forensic experts upon completion of their review of the additional material, we will be in a much better position to determine the right course of action.”

Dixon declined to discuss the progress of the ongoing investigation in more detail, or to predict when the case might be tried.