Kenneth Allen Follow-Up

From the Indy Star:

Attorneys for a man accused of killing three family members in 2005 have talked him out of his request to represent himself, plead guilty and accept the death penalty.

Kenneth Lee Allen, 32, spoke to a judge this morning in Marion Superior Court. She had called the hearing after he wrote to the court last month -- but his attorneys, Monica Foster and Eric Koselke, later filed another motion to withdraw the request after meeting with him. They said such a request is common from death-penalty defendants.