article_snippet.sent: The defendant claims The defendant blacked out during the killings.
article_snippet.sent: The prosecution disagrees.
article_snippet.sent: The trial is expected to continue into next week.
article_snippet.sent: If the jury finds Steele’s responsible for the double-homicide, Steel could face up to a life sentence without parole.
article_snippet.sent: As Andrew Steele addressed the court, Andrew Steele's speech sounded slurred as Andrew Steele waived Andrew Steele right to review the statements of potential jurors claiming to be unable to serve during Andrew Steele three-week trial.
article_snippet.sent: Around 15 jurors will be picked from 120 potential jurors for the trial which is scheduled to begin with jury selection on April 13.
article_snippet.sent: It will be a two-phase trial, the first to establish guilt, the second to decide whether Andrew Steele was legally responsible for Andrew Steele actions.
article_snippet.sent: The dramatic case saw Andrew Steele wheeled into the courtroom by bailiffs at the start of a status conference before Circuit Judge Nicholas McNamara.