NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Jury selection for the second defendant charged in connection with a deadly Connecticut home invasion has been postponed until next month.

The trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky will start with jury selection, a process that could take months as prospective jurors are questioned by prosecutors and defense attorneys.

Court officials said Thursday that New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue postponed the start of jury selection until March 14. It had been scheduled to start Feb. 22.

Authorities say Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes tormented the family for hours in their Cheshire home in July 2007 before killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, 11-year-old Michaela and 17-year Hayley.

Hayes was convicted and condemned to death by a jury.