Planned Parenthood shooting suspect ruled incompetent to stand tria

[Calista241]

Source: CNN

Planned Parenthood shooting suspect ruled incompetent to stand trial

Accused Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Lewis Dear is incompetent to stand trial, a Colorado judge ruled Wednesday.

Dear, 57, is charged with 179 felony counts including murder and attempted murder in the November 27, 2015, shootings at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.

The ruling puts the criminal case on hold while Dear undergoes treatment at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, Colorado court public information officer Rob McCallum said.

Fourth Judicial District Judge Gilbert Martinez ordered Dear to undergo a mental competency evaluation in December after his public defender raised questions about his competency. Dear has repeatedly interrupted proceedings with outbursts, shouting at his attorneys and the judge, muttering to himself and declaring his guilt.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/11/us/planned-parenthood-shooting-robert-lewis-dear-hearing/

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[forest444]

1. Martínez was probably threatened.

And he knows the score.

[Midnight Writer]

2. He is, however, competent enough to have guns.