ROCKFORD — The case for a man acquitted of murder and his quest for a certificate of innocence will continue for at least another three weeks. Patrick Pursley, accompanied by his attorney Rachel Brady, appeared Monday in Winnebago County Court before Judge Joe McGraw. Their appearance came two months after McGraw granted the certificate and three weeks after the state and a private law firm asked McGraw to reconsider his decision. Pursley, now lives in the Champaign area served 23 years of a life sentence in prison in connection to the 1993 murder of Andy Ascher. Ascher and his girlfriend, Becky Myers, whose last name was George in 1993, were seated in a car on Silent Wood Trail when a man wearing a ski mask approached and demanded their money. The man, whose face was not see, then proceeded to shoot Ascher in the head.