A new trial date was set today for two men accused of gunning down 28-year-old Cedirick Steele across the street from a Boston middle school in 2007, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

ANTWAN CARTER (D.O.B. 10/13/88) and DANIEL PINCKNEY, Jr. (D.O.B. 7/4/88), both of Boston’s South End, will return on Feb. 23, 2010, to Suffolk Superior Court, where they face first-degree murder charges for their alleged roles in Steele’s fatal shooting.

Superior Court Judge Linda Giles declared a mistrial in the case on Sept. 22 after jurors sent her multiple notes indicating that they were hopelessly deadlocked in their deliberations; the note came after a cumulative seven days of deliberations and followed almost two full weeks of trial testimony.

Both defendants are charged with first-degree murder for Steele’s March 14, 2007, shooting death and unlawful possession of a firearm for allegedly possessing the weapon that killed him.

Assistant District Attorney Paul Treseler will re-try the case. Kara Hayes is the assigned victim-witness advocate. Carter and Pinckney are represented by attorneys Barry Wilson and James Greenberg, respectively.