The trial for a Lawrence man accused of attempting to solicit sex from a 10-year-old girl in a downtown Lawrence restaurant was continued Friday after a new attorney was assigned to his case.

Jonathan Stephen Nelson, 42, is a registered sex offender charged with one count of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child. Nelson was arrested May 10 after he allegedly asked the girl at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, 1115 Massachusetts St., to follow him to the men’s restroom.

Jonathan Stephen Nelson

Nelson was convicted in 2010 of felony sexual exploitation of a child — a case that involved a 5-year-old girl in Olathe in 2007.

Nelson was originally scheduled to stand trial Nov. 9, but his attorney recently withdrew from his case. On Friday, attorney Joshua Seiden was assigned to Nelson’s case, and asked Chief Douglas County District Judge Robert Fairchild for more time to prepare for trial.

Nelson will still make his next appearance in court on Nov. 9, when a new trial date will be scheduled. He is currently being held in the county jail, with bond set at $125,000.

If convicted, Nelson faces up to 136 months, or about 11 years, in prison. His sentence could also be doubled because of his previous sex-crime conviction.