TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man whose capital murder conviction was overturned because of ineffective counsel is seeking to change his name, which prosecutors said will have no impact on his upcoming retrial.

The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/1vG0qOF ) reports Phillip Delbert Cheatham Jr. has filed court documents seeking to change his name to “King Phillip Amman Reu-El,” and is scheduled for a hearing next month before a judge who will decide whether to grant the change.

Cheatham was convicted in 2005 of killing 38-year-old Annette Roberson and 42-year-old Gloria Jones in 2003.

The 41-year-old is charged with capital murder, with two alternative counts of premeditated first-degree murder in the deaths of Roberson and Jones and attempted first-degree murder of Annetta Thomas.

His trial is scheduled for early next year.