<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>A man is on trial for third-degree murder and other charges in a Thanksgiving Day police chase that authorities said ended when he collided with a car that burst into flames, killing the driver, his fiancee and her toddler daughter.
Demetrius<wm> Wright, who has been in immigration detention since 2007 for a crime he claims he didn't commit, had been involved in his own escape and vandalism in previous convictions.
He claims that his trial schedule is fair and that his lawyer should have been allowed to add witnesses that his supporters wanted.
The trial had to be delayed to several times for a jury to be selected because of the unusual nature of the trial, the rarity of the testimony being questioned about his case. Wright is accused of stealing an</wm> American flag from a McDonald's restaurant and vandalism to that which cost $100,000.
He said