Dressed in an olive-green prison jumpsuit, Kariem McFarlin, 35, stood as his lawyer asked Palo Alto Superior Court Judge Thang Nguyen Barrett for more time. The judge accepted the request. At a hearing last month, the lawyer won a similar extension.

"More information is available," James Kellenberger, McFarlin's lawyer, told reporters outside of the courtroom. "The DA [district attorney] is reviewing the case with other DAs and we are considering all his options."

Police allege that on the evening of July 17, McFarlin broke into the Palo Alto, California, home of the late Jobs. The house was unoccupied at the time as it was undergoing renovation.

McFarlin stole iPads, iPods, iMac computers and a number of other objects including a wristwatch, jewelry and Jobs' wallet, which contained the late Apple CEO's driver's license, according to police.

McFarlin was arrested in early August after the stolen devices were tracked to an apartment in Alameda, near Oakland on the other side of the San Francisco Bay. McFarlin was living in the apartment at the time.