BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — After more than a dozen delays, the jury trial for Alan Booth, the man accused of driving drunk into a crowd at the 2023 Bakersfield Christmas Parade, is now expected to begin on Monday, May 18.

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Records show the trial had been set to start as early as last July but has been postponed repeatedly since then.

{p}Driver crashes into attendees at the Bakersfield Christmas Parade on Thursday, December 7, 2023. Three people taken to the hospital with serious injuries. KBAK/FOX58{/p}

Driver crashes into attendees at the Bakersfield Christmas Parade on Thursday, December 7, 2023. Three people taken to the hospital with serious injuries. KBAK/FOX58

Booth has pleaded not guilty to counts of assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest and DUI. He is being held without bail.

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In January, Booth was found guilty in a separate DUI case connected to an April 2024 arrest.