A convicted killer has become the second person to get a retrial on murder charges because of accusations the judge in the cases had abused drugs. Jurors found 55-year old Gregory Muse guilty in March of first-degree murder after a trial overseen by then-Saint Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook. Cook was arrested two months later on charges of possessing heroin and a having a gun while on controlled substances. He has resigned and pleaded not guilty. Muse was scheduled to be sentenced yesterday. But Judge Robert Haida agreed to his request for a new trial. Muse had argued that Cook appeared to slur his words during the trial. Cook’s attorney isn’t discussing that. A new murder trial has already been granted to another man convicted in proceedings overseen by Cook.