cording to prosecutors.

5 Battiloro allegedly stalked Maria Niotis for months leading up to the alleged murders.

Outside of court Monday, Salas family lawyer, Cory Rothbort told reporters he wasn't surprised Battiloro planned to use the diminished capacity and insanity defenses.

 I don't think that surprises anyone,  Rothbort said.  That's their strategy. That's their tactic. We prepared the families for that. 

Still,  It doesn't take away the grief,  Rothbort said.

Niotis family lawyer Brent Bramnick said,  they're going to use every possible way they can to defend themselves. 

During the hearing, Sinins also said the defense would be seeking to have Battiloro's case moved to a different jurisdiction, in part because of the media attention it has gotten.

5 Foula Niotis, left, and Mary Salas, right, the mothers of two daughters killed last year, sit in court during the arraignment of Vincent Battiloro at the Union County Courthouse. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post

 There have been things that happened in the public eye as well as in the media since the outset of this case that already give rise for the basis of the motion,  Sinins said of his intention to ask for the case to be moved to another court.

Jillian Reyes, with the Union County Prosecutor's Office, told the judge her office wasn't offering any plea deal to Battiloro.

 At this point in time, the state is not giving an offer to the defense,  Reyes said.

Battiloro faces up to life in prison if convicted on the two counts of murder he faces.

5 Maria Niotis, left, and Isabella Salas were 17-year-old seniors at Cranford High School. Facebook/Mary Salas

The teen was initially charged as a juvenile but this summer a judge approved the case getting tried in adult court. Monday was Battiloro's first in-person appearance.

The day of the killings, Battiloro allegedly got into his Jeep and parked near one of the girls' homes in Cranford, prosecutors claimed.

Battiloro saw the duo riding e-bikes in the opposite direction down the quiet road of the affluent town, before he whipped his car around and floored it, mowing them down at 70 mph in a 25-mph zone, prosecutors claimed.

He fled on foot and was arrested that day but was released mere hours later into his dad's care. Battiloro was then arrested again two days later.

The lawyers for the victims' families Monday called for the state attorney general's office to probe if cops improperly handled Battiloro's case because of his family cop ties.

Battiloro's dad, Jeffrey Battiloro, is a retired Chatham Borough cop and his uncle is a police chief near Westfield.