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Sep 22, 2009 3:55 pm US/Pacific

Suspect In Santa Clara Murders Represents Himself

SANTA CLARA (CBS 5 / AP) ― A Silicon Valley engineer charged with fatally shooting three former co-workers has decided to represent himself in his murder trial.

Jing Hua Wu told a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge on Monday that he has dismissed his public defender and will act as his own attorney.

Authorities say Wu gunned down three executives at the semiconductor firm SiPort Inc. on Nov. 14 after he was fired. He faces life in prison without parole if convicted.

Wu's public defender, Michael Ogul, said he had advised Wu against representing himself, but it's his constitutional right to do so. Ogul told the San Jose Mercury News that the decision reflects Wu's "mental health issues."

Wu is due again in court Oct. 5.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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