Nikolas Cruz's lawyer was branded 'disrespectful' during a heated exchange with a judge as the accused Parkland shooter appeared in court on Friday - the day his 18th victim was laid to rest.
Cruz, 20, did not speak at the pre-trial status hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where his public defender asked for prosecutors to hand over all body cam evidence.
Things became heated between defense lawyer Melissa McNeill and Judge Elizabeth Scherer as McNeill sought an order to force the prosecution to hand over the footage within 10 days.
'This court has put us under a schedule, and we are not able to comply with that schedule because we are not receiving the information that we need to prepare this case for trial,' McNeil said, according to WPLG-TV.
Accused Parkland High School shooter Nikolas Cruz enters the courtroom for a hearing at the Broward Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Friday
Cruz listens to attorney Diane Cuddihy in the courtroom during Friday's hearing. Co-counsel Melissa McNeill got in a heated dispute with the judge at the hearing
Cruz listens to his public defender, Diane Cuddihy during a hearing on police body-camera footage at the Broward Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Friday
Judge Scherer responded that she had already asked McNeil if she needed to re-depose a witness to get the footage, and that McNeil had said no.
'No, I did not say that,' McNeil shot back. 'I said, judge, let's finish with the other arguments and then we can address whether or not I want to re-depose. There are several issues…'
'Ms. McNeil, let me talk, please,' Scherer interrupted.
'Well, you're misquoting me, judge,' McNeil told her.
'Ms. McNeil, I said, 'Are you asking this court to re-depose the witness?' And then you said, 'Not at this time,' Scherer said. 'But then I said, 'Is there anything else on defense (motion No.) 49?' And both sides said no. And I said, 'Let's move on.''
'Then we need to readdress 49,' McNeill blasted back.
'OK, you need to take it down a notch,' Scherer warned.
'Judge, you are putting words into my mouth,' McNeill remonstrated.
'You are being disrespectful,' Scherer told her.
Judge Elizabeth Scherer blasted one of Cruz's attorney's as 'disrespectful' in a heated exchange over production of the footage
Cruz sitting at the defense table looks over at the gallery during the hearing
Cruz rubs his eyes during the hearing about police body-cam footage on Friday
McNeill clapped back: 'Judge, I have to repeat myself for you so you can understand what I'm saying.'
The judge then interrupted and called for a five-minute recess so McNeill could compose herself.
'You're being disrespectful and I'm not going to be talked to in this way,' Scherer told the lawyer.
After the hearing resumed, the judged eventually agreed to order prosecutors to turn over all of the body cam evidence within 10 days.
Cruz is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder in the February 14, 2018 shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. His attorneys say that he will be willing to plea guilty in exchange for life in prison, but no deal has been accepted yet.
No trial date has yet been set, though proceedings are tentatively expected to begin sometime early next year.
Cruz walks out of court after the hearing, at which the judge eventually agreed to order prosecutors to turn over all of the body cam evidence within 10 days
Cruz stared down cameras in the courtroom, as on the same day it emerged that a student who survived the Parkland shooting has taken her own life.
Sydney Aiello, 19, a recent graduate from Stoneman Douglas, committed suicide over the weekend, according to her mother Cara Aiello.
Cara Aiello told CBS Miami that her daughter had struggled with 'survivor's guilt and was recently diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.'
Cara Aiello said her daughter was on campus when Nikolas Cruz opened fire but thankfully, was not in the Freshman Building.
She added that Sydney struggled to attend college classes because she was afraid of being in a classroom and was often sad but hadn't asked for help before she killed herself.
She took her own life on March 17.
Her funeral took place Friday.
Sydney Aiello, pictured above, was a recent MSD graduate who took her own life on March 17
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