THIBODAUX (AP) — A psychiatrist says a man accused of beheading his son is not clearly psychotic and is competent for trial.
Dr. Mark Wilson headed the team that decided last summer that Jeremiah Wright was competent for trial on a charge of murdering
7-year-old Jori Lirette.
The Daily Comet reported that the hearing continues Monday.
Wilson was the last psychiatrist prosecutors planned to call.
He testified Saturday that tests never ruled out or confirmed psychosis, but he decided Wright understood the charge against
him and could help his attorneys.
Defense attorney Cecelia Bonin argued that
Wright's repeated statements that he was competent and wanted to return
to jail
suggest insanity. She asked whether any sane person would want to
be shackled in jail when he had more freedom in a hospital.