The deputy public defender representing London Opendack, who will be tried for the attempted murder of both his parents, plans to use insanity as one of three defenses at trial, which is set for the week of Aug. 18.

Deputy Public Defender Voltaire Gansit also will use reasonable doubt as well as self defense, according to a pretrial memorandum acknowledged by the parties, signed by the trial judge and filed Monday.

The 29-year-old man allegedly struck his father, 77, and mother, 64, multiple times with a hammer, seriously injuring them on June 8 following an argument at their Waikiki apartment.

If convicted of the crimes, he faces a life sentence without the possibility of parole because of the first-degree attempted murder charge, which is lodged against him because of multiple second-

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