TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man whose capital murder conviction was overturned has pleaded no contest to killing two women in Topeka in 2003.

King Phillip Amman Reu-El, who was known as Phillip Cheatham Jr., avoided the death penalty by pleading no contest Friday to capital murder and attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of a third woman. .

Amman Reu-El was convicted of capital murder in 2005 and sentenced to death but the Kansas Supreme Court overturned the conviction, saying he had ineffective counsel.

Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor said Friday the time Amman Reu-El has already served will apply to his sentence.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that means Amman Reu-El could be eligible for parole after he serves 25 years. He will be sentenced March 20.