There was no indication Damarco Thompson would appear at trial until the state produced him on Wednesday morning. Judge Carolina Lamas signed an order compelling him to testify.

The BriefDerrick Thompson is charged with 15 counts of criminal vehicular homicide and third-degree murder in a crash that killed five young women.Thompson's defense strategy is to cast doubt that prosecutors can prove he was the one driving.

Thompson’s defense has said that it was Damarco Thompson who was driving the Cadillac Escalade during the crash that killed five Somali-American young women in south Minneapolis.