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A man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens of others by driving an SUV through a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last year wants to represent himself in a trial that is scheduled to begin in a little more than a week.
In an unexpected decision to again change his plea, Darrell Brooks Jr. will not use a defense of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
Darrell Brooks, 40, fell asleep during Friday's hearing, ranted at the judge, and then asked to be taken back down to the cells. His trial is due to begin in October.
Darrell Brooks, the man accused in the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack, will be back in court Friday ahead of his October jury trial.
In two days of hearings this week, attorneys argued about the role of interviews and a jail search in the case against Brooks.