KALAMAZOO, MI — The defense attorney for accused mass murderer Jason Dalton won’t use the insanity defense at his trial.

Eusebio Solis said Friday, Jan. 4, he plans to withdraw a motion to use the insanity defense he filed in June 2016. Solis said an independent forensic evaluation he requested of Dalton at the time did not differ from an opinion delivered after an evaluation from the state Center for Forensic Psychiatry. Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting has said the result of the state evaluation will be revealed at trial.

The evaluation determines criminal responsibility — whether or not Dalton was mentally ill the night of the alleged shootings and whether, as a result of that illness, he was able to act according to the law or if he was unable to understand that his alleged actions were wrong, Getting said in June 2016 when Solis filed an intent to use the defense.

Dalton, an Uber driver, is charged with a shooting rampage that left six people dead and two seriously injured Feb. 20 at three locations in Kalamazoo County. Dalton, 48, of Cooper Township, faces six counts of murder, two counts of assault with intent to commit murder and eight felony firearm counts. He was found competent to stand trial in April 2016 and was ordered to stand trial in May 2016.

Getting said Friday he does not expect any more delays in the trial after a lengthy jury selection delayed voir dire one day. Jury selection in the case started Thursday, Jan. 3. Just over 200 prospective jurors were summoned in two waves with a screening process happening in a closed courtroom Thursday and Friday.

Voir dire, when both the prosecutor and defense attorney question potential jurors, is expected to happen Monday instead of Friday as originally scheduled.

Opening statements and testimony are expected to start Tuesday, Jan. 8.

Police say Dalton shot Tiana Carruthers, 25, in the parking lot of the Meadows town home complex, 5066 Meadows Blvd,, just before 6 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2016. Dalton allegedly shot and killed father and son Rich, 53, and Tyler Smith, 17, in the parking lot of Seelye Kia on Stadium Drive just after 10 p.m. that same evening. Police say he then shot four women and a 14-year-old girl in the parking lot of Cracker Barrel, 5581 S. 9th St. in Texas Township.

Mary Lou Nye, 62, of Baroda; Mary Jo Nye, 60, Dorothy “Judy” Brown, 74, and Barbara Hawthorne, 68, all of Battle Creek, were killed and the 14-year-old girl, Abigail Kopf, survived but was critically injured.

Dalton allegedly drove erratically that afternoon, picking up Uber fares between the shootings.