A competency examination was ordered Wednesday for the elderly driver accused in a Cudahy hit-and-run that injured a ...

An 89-year-old woman charged for a hit-and-run involving a child in Cudahy appeared in court Wednesday morning, Jan. 7. Records show the court found reason to believe Darlene ...

MERRILL, Wis. (WAOW) - A competency exam has been scheduled for a Merrill woman accused of attempting to kill her autistic ...

A San Antonio man accused in the deadly shooting at the Lucky Eagle Casino appeared in court today, where a judge granted a ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- The attorney for a woman accused in a murder and dismemberment case is asking for a new mental competency evaluation. Taylor Schabusiness, 25, is charged with first-degree ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Former Norfolk Sheriff Bob McCabe will not have a competency exam. A jury convicted McCabe on federal bribery charges. But before his sentencing, McCabe's lawyer James Broccoletti asked ...

FLINT (WWJ) - Mental exams have been ordered for three of five teenagers charged in the murder of a man struck by a rock on I-75 last month. The judge a second time denied bond for all five defendants ...

Exterior of Whiting Forensic Hospital on the grounds of Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown. The maximum-security hospital has up to 78 beds for patients needing competency restoration. Credit: ...

Requests for mental evaluations for criminal defendants — commonly known as competency exams — are on the rise in Metro Detroit courts, creating a strain on the state mental health facility that ...

MATT SMITH IN THE NEWSROOM FOR US. THANKS. ATTORNEYS FOR THE FORMER MILWAUKEE COUNTY INMATE ACCUSED OF STABBING A CORRECTIONS OFFICER ARE ASKING FOR A COMPETENCY EXAM. PROSECUTORS SAY RONNELL HART ...