The case involving the father of the 14-year-old boy who allegedly shot and killed a man last summer has been pushed back again.

Steven Marquez appeared in a Denver District courtroom Monday morning for an arraignment, not represented by a defense attorney. He asked Judge Jay Grant for discovery in his son’s case to help with his own.

“Without me getting the other discovery, I have no defense. I have nothing to move forward into trial,” Marquez told the judge.

Marquez is the father of Steven Joseph Marquez, the boy suspected of shooting and killing William Todd Kidd, 49, outside of the popular bar and taco restaurant, Federales — located at 29th Street and Larimer Street in RiNo — on July 10, 2024. He was 14-years-old at the time of the shooting.

Police initially responded to a disturbance outside of the restaurant around 6:30 p.m. Initial investigations found that there was an altercation between Marquez and another party. Kidd then attempted to intervene and the younger Marquez allegedly shot him and left the scene. Kidd later died in the hospital.

The suspect was arrested a week later in Casper, Wyoming. The father was then arrested in September 2024 on charges of accessory to a crime and attempt to influence a public servant.

According to arrest records, police called Marquez and told him his son was wanted on a murder warrant. Marquez claimed he last saw his son the day after the shooting. He also said he would go pick up his son from Thornton and turn him in to the police. He never did.

Phone records pinged Marquez driving northbound on Interstate 25 and staying in Casper for a few hours before returning back to Denver.

Now, more than a year later, his case is being pushed back due to a lack of defense.

Despite asking for discovery in his son’s case to help his own, he was denied by Grant.

“You’ll receive the discovery in your case. I’m not releasing (the other discovery) to you. That’s it,” Grant said, adding that he would have released the discovery to a defense lawyer that would handle it without jeopardizing the son’s case.

Marquez is scheduled to be be back in court for another arraignment on Oct. 20.

His son’s case is also still up in the air, as the Denver District Attorney’s Office filed a motion to move the case to Denver District Court to be tried as an adult in August 2024.

The teenager is due in juvenile court on Sept. 30 for a status conference, likely discussing whether the case will be moved to district court…