Darrell Brooks’ trial began on October 3, 2022, and was often chaotic as the defendant, who represented himself in court, continually interrupted proceedings and argued with the judge, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Public defenders originally represented Brooks. They withdrew a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity in September not long before Brooks decided to represent himself, per CNN and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Brooks, 40, who professes to be part of the Sovereign Citizen movement, contends that the U.S. legal system has no jurisdiction over him, according to The New York Times. “Essentially what these people are claiming or they believe is that none of the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction apply to them, they don’t have to follow the laws that everyone else has to follow,” attorney Julius Kim told CBS 58. Judge Jennifer Dorow, who oversaw the case in Waukesha County Circuit Court, called Brooks’ stance “a thoroughly debunked” theory, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
