DC Superior Court Judge Carmen McLean ordered a stabbing defendant to undergo a mental competency exam during a mental observation hearing on July 11.
Jacqueline Lewis-Robinson, 68, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for her alleged involvement in a stabbing using a pair of scissors. The incident occurred on June 30 at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Morris Road, SE.
During her mental observation hearing, Judge McLean ordered Lewis-Robinson to Saint Elizabeths Hospital for mental observation to develop a full competency report.
At Lewis-Robinson’s last hearing on July 3, her defense attorney, Claudine Harrison’s, request for psychological testing was granted and a preliminary forensic screening was ordered.
Parties are slated to reconvene on Aug. 18 to determine competency once examinations are complete. In order to stand trial a defendant must be mentally competent enough to understand the charges against him and work with his attorney to put on a defense.
