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BLOOMINGTON - Upset with his attorney and acting belligerent, accused killer Maurice Wallace today demanded that a McLean County judge give him a speedy trial on charges that he murdered Illinois State University Olamide Adeyooye.

Wallace, 27, walked into the courtroom and spit on the floor moments before he told Judge Scott Drazewski he wanted to be tried on all his cases as soon as possible.

The judge and bailiffs reacted as if they didn't see what Wallace had done, but courtroom spectators let out a collective gasp.

Wallace, who is charged with killing Adeyooye last year in her apartment, scrubbing blood from the floor and driving her body from McLean County in her car, bristled after Drazewski suggested he talk in private with his attorney, assistant public defender Tracy Smith.

"We ain't got nothing to talk about. What do we have to talk about?" Wallace said gesturing toward Smith. He then looked back to Drazewski and said, "My request is that all these matters go to trial ASAP. I want a speedy trial."

Prosecutors have charged Wallace with first-degree murder, concealment of a homicide and possession of a stolen motor vehicle in connection with Adeyooye's death. The Normal man also faces aggravated battery and theft charges that aren't related to the Adeyooye case.

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