Date set for manslaughter retrial of Ian Cranston, whose conviction in Barry Washington Jr. killing was overturned

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Two weeks after Ian Cranston posted bail and was released from jail, a Deschutes County judge has set his fall retrial date on manslaughter and other charges in the 2021 shooting death of Barry Washington Jr.

During Wednesday's hearing, Circuit Judge Beth Bagley scheduled an Oct. 20 start for a 10-day, 12-person jury trial of Cranston, preceded by an August 17 motion hearing and a Sept. 21 trial readiness hearing. Cranston will remain free after posting 10% of his $500,000 bail earlier this month.

If that schedule holds, the new trial will happen nearly a year after the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed and remanded Cranston's conviction, due to a special instruction related to self-defense that was not given to the jury.

That jury acquitted Cranston, now 31, on a second-degree murder charge but convicted him of first- and second-degree manslaughter charges for shooting Washington outside the Capitol nightclub in downtown Bend. Cranston claimed he acted in self-defense after being punched by Washington, who was 22 at the time of his death.

The appeals court remanded the case to Deschutes County, saying Bagley, the trial judge, erred by not giving the jury instruction sought by the defense that state law does not require a person to retreat before they can use deadly force in self-defense or the defense of others.