Judge orders mental health evacuation for suspect in Fresno city employee attack

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The antheral accused of attacking a Fresno metropolis idiosyncratic past week is present acceptable to acquisition a intelligence wellness evaluation.

"At this time, I bash person a uncertainty arsenic to his quality to comprehend the proceedings," said Dyllan Hopkins' nationalist defender.

His nationalist defender declared a doubt, saying the 30-year-old mightiness not beryllium competent to basal trial.

The defence lawyer said helium had concerns astir Dyllan Hopkins' communication, his affectional status, and adjacent his appearance.

Action News was told Hopkins sometimes goes by the past sanction Padavona during intelligence wellness episodes, and constabulary utilized that sanction astatine the clip of his arrest.

Hopkins is charged with the attempted execution of Tim Smith.

The metropolis electrician has been hospitalized successful captious information since Hopkins allegedly walked up down him successful Fresno's Chinatown past Friday and deed him successful the caput with a dense object.

Family members accidental Hopkins suffers from manic bipolar upset with schizophrenic tendencies, and they are devastated by the attack.

"There's thing that tin warrant it. It's a disgusting act... Tim, I americium precise sorry. I'm precise atrocious for your woman and for your kids, I americium precise atrocious for what Dyllan did to you," the suspect's brother, Justin Hopkins, told Action News successful a erstwhile interview.

In court, Hopkins stared into the region arsenic helium wore a yellowish jumpsuit.

He's a high-security inmate, and his parent says helium has a past of being violent.

Her lad appeared emotionless arsenic helium saw her for the archetypal clip successful years.

"All further proceedings successful these matters are ordered suspended," said the judge.

The justice ordered a intelligence wellness valuation earlier Hopkins could adjacent participate a plea, ordering a study to beryllium submitted by May 19th.

"You request to halt it earlier a plea is entered, due to the fact that if he's incompetent, however tin helium plead blameworthy oregon not guilty?" asked Action News Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi.

Capozzi says questions implicit intelligence wellness volition apt pervade the tribunal process.

"If he's recovered to beryllium competent erstwhile helium comes backmost to tribunal successful May, the question doesn't extremity there. As to his intelligence health, it's beauteous wide the defence successful this lawsuit volition beryllium that helium was insane astatine the time," Capozzi explained.

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