A Saskatchewan farmer accused of killing a 22-year-old indigenous man will have his firearms charges dealt with in March.

No date has officially been set for his second-degree murder trial, but Gerald Stanley’s defence counsel, Scott Spencer, told a North Battleford court on Monday he wants the firearms charges dealt with “soon after” that trial.

The matter involving two counts of unsafe storage of a firearm was adjourned until March 19.

Stanley has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Colten Boushie.

Boushie was shot and killed Aug. 9 while riding in an SUV that went into a farmyard near Biggar, Sask.

Stanley was committed in April to stand trial on the second-degree murder charge.

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