Sanity motion denied for man accused of killing grandmother
Last Modified: Friday, October 05, 2012 7:12 AM
By Johnathan Manning / American Press
A state district court judge denied a sanity commission request from a Lake Charles man accused of killing his grandmother in 2009.
Carl Webb Jr., 35, is to stand trial Oct. 22 on a charge of first-degree murder. Prosecutors said Webb killed his 75-year-old grandmother, Helen Webb.
Judge Clayton Davis said he denied the motion because the case is two years old and because Webb has previously been through a jury trial (on weapons charges).
Defense attorney Michael McHale was assigned the case in August when he became the Public Defender’s Office’s life-without-parole conflict attorney.
He said conversations with Webb led him to have “serious reservations” about his client’s mental health.
“Why no one has asked for this before, I have no idea,” McHale told the court.
Webb is expected back in court Friday for a motion on whether evidence related to other crimes can be heard.
In April, Webb was found guilty of illegal weapons possession — three counts of possessing stolen firearms and one count of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
As a four-time felon, Webb was sentenced to 65 years in prison by Davis.
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