San Diego (CNN) A Navy SEAL pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge of premeditated murder in the stabbing death of an injured person in Iraq. Lawyers in the courtroom say the male victim was an ISIS fighter.

Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher faces a slew of accusations connected to violations of military law while he was deployed to the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2017.

Among the accusations against Gallagher are that he stabbed and killed a wounded person, shot at noncombatants, posed for a photo and performed his re-enlistment ceremony next to a corpse, according to a charge sheet from November

Witnesses told investigators that the stabbing victim appeared to be about 15.

Part of Friday's hearing was concerned with whether he would be let out of the Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar in San Diego before the start of his two-week trial, scheduled to begin on February 19.

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