Sentencing for a man convicted in the beating deaths of his parents will be delayed at least until June over a motion the defendant has filed claiming his attorney was ineffective. Ryan E. Coles, 34, was convicted in March on two murder counts in the 2016 killings of Edward M. Coles Jr., 58, and Rosemarie Coles, 55, in their West Deptford home. He opted for a bench trial, with Superior Court Judge Mary Beth Kramer reaching a verdict. Kramer rejected an insanity defense and found that Coles was aware of his actions when he bludgeoned his parents to death. After the verdict, Coles filed a hand-w…
