Twelve days before the first of six trials of police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, and WBAL NewsRadio 1090 has learned that officer will testify in his own defense.

In court documents, attorneys for Officer William Porter say their client "anticipates testifying in this matter."

Porter is scheduled to go on trial November 30.  

He is charged with manslaughter, second degree assault, misconduct in office, and reckless endangerment. 

The notice of Porter's testimony came as the defense responded to a prosecution motion that sought to limit the number of character witnesses the defense wanted to present.

Prosecutors say that the character witnesses appear to testify on Porter's "veracity and reputation for peace and good order."

Prosecutors say those issues are not relevant to the case.

Defense attorneys argued those issues are relevant to determine their client's credibility.

The motion on character witnesses is one of a series posted today on the court's website.  All of these motions were filed last Thursday.  

Several were filed by the prosecution.

In one motion, prosecutors  say the defense at the trial of Officer William Porter will attempt to, "confuse, mislead and prejudice the jury", when they attempt to call individual prosecutors as defense witnesses.

That's why Baltimore City  State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby is asking Judge Barry Williams to block that request.

After charges were filed in May, all six defense teams argued there were conflicts of interests among prosecutors, and that prosecutors launched their own investigation, that would lead to their clients not getting a fair trial.

The defendants even tried unsuccessfully to get Mosby thrown off the case.

The prosecution filed other motions, including one asking the judge to bar the defense from introducing information about Gray's criminal record, arguing that is irrelevant to the case.

Last month, Judge Williams imposed a gag order barring any attorney or defendant from talking about the case.