Mental competency questions raised for Fresno man accused of murder

Aaron Brown's intelligence authorities astatine the clip of the stabbing could play a cardinal role.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The antheral accused of Fresno's archetypal execution of 2024 appeared earlier a region justice connected Friday, 1 week aft prosecutors accidental helium stabbed his mother's fellow to decease astatine an flat they each shared adjacent White and Jackson Avenues.

32-year-old Aaron Brown was flanked by 2 deputies 1 time aft the sheriff's bureau said helium refused to permission his compartment for his archetypal scheduled hearing.

Judge William Terrence delayed the arraignment and ordered Brown's lawyer to conscionable with him astatine the jail.

That gathering played a important role. When Brown yet appeared connected Friday, his lawyer said she had doubts astir his intelligence health.

"At this time, based connected my conversations with my lawsuit yesterday, I'm going to state a doubt," the lawyer said.

"That means we request to find whether oregon not he's competent to basal trial," Action News Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi said. "Does helium recognize the process? Does helium recognize what the justice is, what the DA is, and what's going to hap successful the courtroom?"

Legal expert Tony Capozzi says a psychiatrist needs to analyse Brown astatine the jailhouse and constitute a report.

Because the psychiatrist is independent, the full process could instrumentality months.

The territory lawyer and defence mightiness entity and person their ain doctors measure Brown.

Fresno constabulary revealed a imaginable motive for the onslaught aft arresting Brown connected Sunday.

They accidental helium was upset implicit an statement betwixt his parent and Bishop and killed the unfortunate successful an "unprovoked attack."

Brown's intelligence authorities astatine the clip of the stabbing could play a cardinal role.

Even if doctors accidental Brown tin basal proceedings for murder, it does not mean helium was of dependable caput astatine the clip of the homicide.

"Did helium cognize close from incorrect erstwhile helium allegedly killed idiosyncratic successful this case?" Capozzi said. "That's different concern wherever some the defence and the prosecution volition person competing witnesses testifying."

Brown is owed backmost successful tribunal connected February 23, erstwhile the tribunal volition reappraisal that autarkic aesculapian report.

In the meantime, Capozzi says ticker commanders astatine the region jailhouse mightiness enactment Brown connected termination ticker and connection him therapy.

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