Published April 11, 2017
An Oklahoma judge has refused to accept a guilty plea from a man charged with beheading one co-worker and trying to behead another at a food processing plant.
Cleveland County District Judge Lori Walkley instead ordered a jury trial for 32-year-old Alton Nolen after Nolen refused to speak to her during a hearing Tuesday. Sheriff's deputies had to subdue Nolen when he caused a disturbance while entering the courtroom.
Nolen said in May 2016 he wanted to plead guilty and be sentenced to death for the 2014 beheading of 54-year-old Colleen Hufford at Vaughan Foods in Moore.
After hearing the results of a mental examination she had ordered for Nolen, Walkley last week ruled him competent to plea.
Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/jury-trial-ordered-for-oklahoma-workplace-beheading-suspect