The man accused of killing two people in a dorm room at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs last year won’t be pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, the man’s attorneys informed the court on Friday.

Nicholas Jordan, 25, is accused of shooting and killing Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, of Pueblo, and UCCS student Samuel Knopp, 24, of Parker, in the early morning hours of Feb. 16 in a campus dormitory.

Jordan and Knopp were roommates and students at UCCS. Jordan’s arrest affidavit states that he had made a death threat against Knopp and that campus security and housing staff recorded multiple complaints about Jordan before the shooting.

Jordan pleaded not guilty to all charges in November, but his attorney, Nick Rogers, informed the court at the time that they were still investigating the possibility of pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. Judge David Shakes at the hearing informed the defense that it had until Jan. 31 to change Jordan’s plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.

Jordan appeared to court in person Friday and Rogers informed Shakes that his client would not be pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, and instead sticking with the not guilty pleas previously entered.

Jordan’s competency has been an issue with the case for months, causing several delays, but he was declared competent to proceed by Judge Shakes at a hearing in August despite conflicting competency reports from separate experts.

Although Jordan was declared competent by the court Rogers has continued to assert at all court hearings that he believes his client suffers from “severe” mental illness, and that it has continued to impact their ability to represent Jordan in court.

Trial for Jordan is currently slated to begin April 7, but a bevy of motions from both the prosecution and defense will need to be addressed prior to trial.

One motion discussed in detail at Friday’s hearing was an outstanding motion filed by the defense for an independent review of evidence. Rogers explained that the motion, if granted, would allow the defense to view evidence in the case at the Colorado Springs police headquarters rather than have the evidence moved to the District Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutor Anthony Gioia, who took over the case after previous prosecutor Andrew Vaughan was placed on administrative leave from the District Attorney’s Office, objected to the motion. Gioia argued that it was standard practice for evidence to be reviewed at and transported to the District Attorney’s Office, and that the defense cited no legal grounds for the independent review.

Shakes didn’t rule on the motion Friday, instead setting a hearing for Wednesday to discuss the motion in more detail, and hear from an evidence custodian at the police department if the request could even be accommodated. Shakes expressed concern over the standard practice of transporting evidence to the District Attorney’s Office due to an incident in a double homicide Shakes presided over in which a backpack recovered as evidence was lost by the District Attorney’s Office and never recovered.

Other outstanding motions not discussed in court Friday include a motion for a change of venue, a motion for sanctions on the prosecution, a motion for a special prosecutor to take over the case and more.

To allow for time to rule on all motions, of which there are expected to be more than 10, several motions hearings are scheduled prior to trial. The first of three motions hearings will take place Feb. 20.

Not guilty pleas remain entered in Jordan’s second case, in which he is accused of assaulting a deputy at the El Paso County jail in a dispute over cleaning supplies. The trial in Jordan’s second case is scheduled to begin April 21, immediately after the homicide trial.

Jordan remains in custody at the El Paso County jail on a $5 million bond. Jordan did not speak to the court during the entire hearing Friday.