Judge Sends Murder Defendant to Hospital For Competency Restoration

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<p>A judge found a murder defendant incompetent to stand trial and sent him to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, DC’s psychiatric hospital, for treatment. </p></p> <p><a href="https://dcwitness.org/?s=Lance+Ammons">Lance Ammons</a>, 42, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly stabbing 62-year-old <a href="https://dcwitness.org/?s=Robert+Bolich">Robert Bolich</a> on the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge on Aug. 22<br></p> <p>During a mental observation hearing on Nov. 6,<a href="https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-01/DCSC_Bio_Edelman.pdf"> DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman </a>said that experts found Ammons to be incompetent to stand trial.</p> <p>He sent Ammons to receive treatment at St. Elizabeth’s, for a little over a month, so that they can “get the trial back on track.” </p> <p>Ammons is scheduled for a mental observation hearing on Dec. 20. </p> <p><em>Ellery Groth wrote this article</em>.</p> <p></p> </article> </article> </div> <div 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