By KATHY McCORMACK, Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man accused of shooting a New Hampshire church pastor and bride during a wedding and later attacking his own lawyer wants to represent himself, saying he and his current attorneys had an “irretrievable breakdown.”

Dale Holloway faces charges of attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault and being a convicted felon with a firearm stemming from the Oct. 12 shootings at a Pelham church. He’s pleaded not guilty.

He was later charged with first-degree assault, accused of striking his public defender in the face and head, causing him to suffer a hemorrhage. The two were meeting in a jail interview room in Manchester on Oct. 21.

Holloway, 37, denied assaulting the lawyer, Michael Davidow, and said he got an officer’s attention after noticing the attorney had a nosebleed. Holloway was then represented by Donna Brown and Brian Lee.

In a handwritten motion dated May 28 and made public Thursday, Holloway asked a judge for a hearing on his request to represent himself. He wrote that he and his attorneys “have (most recently) had an irretrievable breakdown.” He didn’t elaborate.

Separately, Holloway asked that the Pelham case, which has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, go forward. In early March, before New Hampshire went under a state of emergency, Holloway had agreed in court paperwork to waive a speedy trial through December. The Pelham trial would be handled before the assault case.

Currently, no proceedings are scheduled in the Pelham case. The other case is scheduled for a status hearing in September, with dates to follow in November.

Responding to an email Friday, Lee declined to comment; Brown did not immediately respond.

In April, a judge denied a request from Holloway to be released to house arrest due to coronavirus concerns.

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