WAUKESHA, Wis. — Less than 48 hours after getting six life sentences and more than 700 additional years behind bars for driving his SUV into the Waukesha Christmas parade, Darrell Brooks Jr. was back in court Friday, asking Judge Jennifer Dorow to keep him in the Waukesha County Jail and not the Dodge Correctional Institution while that appeal process plays out.

Brooks was brought into the courtroom Friday wearing an anti-suicide vest. He told the judge he was not suicidal, but said it was just the jail’s protocol. Because of that protocol, he didn’t have access to his boxes of paperwork.

That ended up being a problem for the court, too. Dorow said the actual motion Brooks filed asking to stay in county jail while his appeal plays out wasn’t scanned into the record, and they don’t have the paper copy.

So, the hearing to rule on the motion was put on hold.

“I’m not going to hold up any transport because of this motion,” Dorow said. “It’s a motion that can be addressed with you appearing by video. It’s a procedural motion, and obviously if I are to grant any of that relief that you seek, that might change where you’re being housed but that’s a little speculative at this time, but just so you know, it might not be scheduled for a couple of weeks. We need to locate it.”

Dorow said she will have the court send Brooks documents including the pro se manual on appeals. His notice of appeal will also be submitted to the public defender’s office.

Even though Brooks waived his right for the public defender to represent him during trial, he can choose whether or not he wants those attorneys for appeal, or represent himself.​