COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The competency of Matthew Lanz, accused of murdering a Cherokee County firefighter and his wife, is under review by a Cobb County judge. Judge Sonja Brown is tasked with determining ...

A judge has ordered a competency review in the case of a Utica man charged with killing his estranged wife at a Meijer gas ...

Family and friends of Oklahoma County Deputy Bobby Swartz returned to the Oklahoma County Courthouse on Thursday for the continuation of the hearing to determine if Benjamin Plank has received enough ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY — A competency hearing for Bradford Gille is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Aug. 22 before District Court Judge Stepka. Per an Aug. 21 news release, the proceeding will determine ...

Feb. 28—Shellie Whitmore has yet to be in a courtroom with the man accused of stabbing her father to death on a walking path in Manchester more than two years ago. The next chance to change that ...

A Lawrence man accused of murdering his wife nearly three years ago refused to attend his competency hearing Friday in Douglas County District Court. The defendant, Chad Marek, 29, was returned in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The man accused of killing a Belmont University student with a stray bullet in 2023 was in court for a pivotal hearing on Monday as a judge prepares to decide whether he’s ...

Georgetown University law professor Abbe Smith says the Hoggle case is an interesting and complex one. She says people often have misconceptions about what competency is.

Mullen called the case “complicated” at the close of the hearing and said he wouldtake it under advisement. There is no set ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Despite being accused of numerous sexual crimes against children over a decade, 30-year-old Jonathan Jareth Soberanis has been found not competent to proceed in all but one state case ...

Expert witnesses gave differing testimony during a hearing in Jackson County Circuit Court Monday about whether accused Indian Creek serial killer Frederick Demond Scott is mentally fit to stand trial ...

At the request of his defense attorney, a 55-year-old Fairfield man charged with attempted murder will face a mental competency hearing in the coming weeks in a Vallejo courtroom. At a Monday ...