Reggae star Buju Banton will have to usher in the new year with a new drug trial hanging over his head.

U.S. District James Moody had originally scheduled Banton`s trial for December but granted a motion by the defense to move the case to February  2011. A specific date has not been set.

Banton remains in jail as prosecutors fight a defense push to release him on bail. He has been jailed without bail since last December. Judge Moody declared a mistrial last month after jurors were not able to reach a verdict in the case.

Banton, born Mark Myrie, was arrested last December and accused of conspiring to purchase five kilos of cocaine from an undercover officer in Sarasota, Fla. Prosecutors maintain that he is guilty of attempting to purchase the contraband, Banton`s lawyer claims that he is the victim of an entrapment conspiracy.