Sentencing for Darrell Brooks scheduled for Nov. 15-16

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WAUKESHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The man convicted of driving through the Waukesha Christmas parade is scheduled to appear for sentencing one week before the first anniversary of the attack.

Judge Jennifer Dorow set aside two days for sentencing, beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 15.

Brooks was found guilty of 76 charges on Wednesday, Oct. 26, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide.

He faces imprisonment of six consecutive life sentences, plus 859 years of confinement, according to the district attorney.

A prosecutor in the case told Dorow victims are hoping for some finality in the case before the one-year anniversary.

"There's a strong desire to have the sentencing before the anniversary," Deputy District Attorney Lesli Boese said.

Boese said 36 victims or victims' family members are preparing statements to be read in court at the sentencing.

An additional five to 10 people are expected to submit written impact statements to the judge.

The state is expected to speak for about 30 to 45 minutes. 

Brooks told Judge Dorow that it would be "a big help" for the sentencing to not take place so soon, claiming a need for more time to arrange the about 20 people who he expects will speak on his behalf at the sentencing.

"I could benefit from a little bit more time," Brooks said. "I'm not asking for nothing outrageous, just enough that I can tie up some of my loose ends."

Dorow took the anniversary, calendar conflicts, and Brooks' legal matters in Milwaukee County into consideration before scheduling the hearings for mid-November.

The judge also cleared the record of a comment made by Brooks in front of the jury on Wednesday before the verdicts were read.

"Your honor, seeing as we have reached a verdict, is it necessary that I have these shock devices on my ankles?" Brooks asked.

Dorow didn't respond to the defendant's question at the time, but after consulting the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department, she said she learned Brooks did not have shock devices on his ankles.

Instead, she said deputies utilized soft restraints, which tethered his ankles to the defense table and were hidden from the view of jurors.

"If I moved the wrong way, I could have got shocked with all these volts," Brooks said on Monday.

"That's absolutely false that you had a shock device on, sir," Dorow said.

The judge asked Deputy Nicholas Kibler to testify. He denied the defendant's claims that electronic control devices were used. 

Brooks also told the court he was placed on "suicide watch" immediately after leaving the court on Wednesday.

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