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Competency hearing to resume for accused Colorado clinic gunman
Source: Reuters
World | Tue May 10, 2016 7:12am EDT
Competency hearing to resume for accused Colorado clinic gunman
DENVER | BY KEITH COFFMAN
The man who proclaimed himself a "warrior for the babies" after a fatal shooting spree at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year was due back in court on Tuesday for the continuation of a hearing on his mental state.
During a daylong hearing last month, two state psychologists testified that their evaluation of Robert Lewis Dear, 58, found him delusional and unfit to stand trial for the Colorado Springs rampage that left three dead and nine wounded.
El Paso County judge Gilbert Martinez ordered the mental evaluation of Dear in December after the South Carolina native insisted on firing his attorney and representing himself in a case stemming from the first fatal attack on a U.S. abortion provider since 2009.
Dear, who has insisted he is competent, declared himself guilty and a "warrior for the babies" in previous courtroom outbursts.
If Martinez rules Dear unfit - meaning he is incapable of understanding the proceedings and assisting in his own defense - the case will be suspended and he will be sent back to a state hospital where doctors will seek to restore him to competency.
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Competency hearing to resume for accused Colorado clinic gunman
DENVER | BY KEITH COFFMAN
The man who proclaimed himself a "warrior for the babies" after a fatal shooting spree at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year was due back in court on Tuesday for the continuation of a hearing on his mental state.
During a daylong hearing last month, two state psychologists testified that their evaluation of Robert Lewis Dear, 58, found him delusional and unfit to stand trial for the Colorado Springs rampage that left three dead and nine wounded.
El Paso County judge Gilbert Martinez ordered the mental evaluation of Dear in December after the South Carolina native insisted on firing his attorney and representing himself in a case stemming from the first fatal attack on a U.S. abortion provider since 2009.
Dear, who has insisted he is competent, declared himself guilty and a "warrior for the babies" in previous courtroom outbursts.
If Martinez rules Dear unfit - meaning he is incapable of understanding the proceedings and assisting in his own defense - the case will be suspended and he will be sent back to a state hospital where doctors will seek to restore him to competency.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-colorado-shooter-idUSKCN0Y11D7
