Judge says suspect in ISU student's death can't represent himself

<p>A man arrested in Atlanta last year and charged with killing an Illinois State University student cannot represent himself at trial because of his past courtroom outbursts, a McLean County judge ruled Friday.</p><p>Maurice Wallace, 27, said he wanted to represent himself because he doesn't trust his lawyers. But Assistant State's Attorney Kim Campbell said Wallace's real goal was a mistrial.</p><p>Judge Scott Drazewski said he denied Maurice Wallace's request because Wallace has spit on the floor, refused to attend hearings and behaved disrespectfully in past court settings. He told Wallace that he could no longer address the court directly or he would be held in contempt.</p><p>Wallace objected to the ruling and told the judge, "People I don't trust, I don't grant them responsibilities over my life."</p><p>Wallace has pleaded not guilty to charges he killed 21-year-old Olamide Adeyooye, whose badly burned body was found in October in the rubble of a Mississippi chicken house. She had disappeared eight days earlier, prompting a nationwide search.</p><p>He also faces attempted murder and attempted escape charges in a May attack that seriously injured a McLean County jail officer and is charged with aggravated battery and theft in separate cases.</p><p>Prosecutors allege Wallace left a bloody fingerprint in Adeyooye's apartment and that personal belongings of his were found along with Adeyooye's keys in a rental car Wallace had when he was arrested Oct. 20 in Atlanta on unrelated charges. Adeyooye's car was later found abandoned in Atlanta.</p><p>If convicted on all the charges, he faces more than 100 years in prison.</p>