What happens during competency evaluation? An expert explains.

Well, let’s start with some plain English, shall we? Webster’s Dictionary says that competency is the “possession of sufficient knowledge or skill.” To do what, it doesn’t say. Insanity, on the other ...

A task force will begin this month scrutinizing the methods and procedures used in Texas to evaluate a criminal defendant`s competency to stand trial and the use of the insanity defense. S.B. 553, ...

Aug. 26—The comments of a Hamilton man after his arrest for a fatal shooting inside Fairfield Twp. store caused his attorney to ask a judge to order a forensic psychological evaluation to determine ...

Jul. 6—The comments of a Middletown mother accused of running over and killing her 6-year-old son in February caught the attention of her attorney, prompting him to ask a judge to order a forensic ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Friday marks three years since the mass shooting at a Boulder King Soopers where 10 people were killed. Rikki Olds, Denny Stong, Neven Stanisic, Tralona Bartkowiak, Teri Leiker, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Attorneys for the suspect in the Boulder King Soopers mass shooting say he may be mentally incompetent to participate in the court process. Ahmad Al Aliwi ...

The case against a woman accused of stabbing a 75-year-old Manchester man to death in a Manchester apartment in March 2024 is at a standstill as she refuses to be brought to court. Judge David ...

A man charged with murder for the September beating death of a Hamilton man has been restored to competency to stand trial, according to court records. Kahreem G. Brown, 25, who had been living with ...