EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – A judge has decided prosecutors can use statements made to police by an Evansville man accused in a triple fatality fire during his upcoming trial. 

Christopher Compton faces murder and arson charges after a March blaze left three people dead. The Evansville Courier & Press  reports one of the man's attorneys asked the judge last month to omit statements Compton made after he asked for a lawyer. 

Compton allegedly admitted he set fire to a jacket inside the house. His attorneys have said they plan to pursue a defense of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.

Victims of the blaze included 3-year-old Jazmine Jones; her 28-year-old mother, Keri Jones; and 76-year-old Donald Lankford. The fire injured 10 others, including six firefighters.

The trial is scheduled to begin March 30.