A defense attorney has filed a motion seeking either acquittal or a new trial for the Lewiston man convicted last month in the death of a toddler.

A Nez Perce County jury found Stacey Grove, 29, guilty of first-degree murder for causing injuries that led to the death of 23-month-old Kyler Martin in 2006. Grove was living with Martin’s mother when the child was hospitalized for head and abdominal injuries.  He died a day later and a Spokane deputy medical examiner ruled the death a homicide as a result of blunt-force trauma.

Defense attorney Scott Chapman filed a motion this week in Lewiston’s 2nd District Court seeking to set aside the jury’s verdict. A hearing on the motion has not been set.

Grove faces the possibility of up to life in prison when he is sentenced Oct. 22.