07-12-2012, 02:22 PM
ha! the dumbass is deemed competent!
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Joseph Gentz's attorney and prosecutors are expected to start negotiating a plea agreement now that a court-approved independent evaluation deemed him competent to stand trial, echoing the results of an earlier evaluation by the state forensic center.
Attorney Susan Reed said the fact that Bob Bashara has been charged with attempting to have her client killed proves Gentz is credible. Gentz told authorities Bashara offered him money to kill Jane Bashara of Grosse Pointe Park in January. Gentz was charged with first-degree murder.
After his competency hearing in Detroit 36th District Court on Wednesday, Reed said Gentz had been worried Bob Bashara would try to harm him.
"And see what happens: Bob gets charged with trying to have him killed," Reed said.
Gentz would be willing to testify against Bob Bashara if Bashara is charged in his wife's killing, she said.
The two sides could strike a plea deal before Gentz's scheduled preliminary examination Aug. 13.
Gentz "is able to remember, his memory's good, he's able to function, you know, on his own, and he's able to listen to advice and that's what he's doing now," Reed said.
David Griem, Bashara's attorney, said the hearing Wednesday was part of "a slow-motion charade" to build a case against Bashara, who has been charged with soliciting someone to have Gentz killed.
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Joseph Gentz's attorney and prosecutors are expected to start negotiating a plea agreement now that a court-approved independent evaluation deemed him competent to stand trial, echoing the results of an earlier evaluation by the state forensic center.
Attorney Susan Reed said the fact that Bob Bashara has been charged with attempting to have her client killed proves Gentz is credible. Gentz told authorities Bashara offered him money to kill Jane Bashara of Grosse Pointe Park in January. Gentz was charged with first-degree murder.
After his competency hearing in Detroit 36th District Court on Wednesday, Reed said Gentz had been worried Bob Bashara would try to harm him.
"And see what happens: Bob gets charged with trying to have him killed," Reed said.
Gentz would be willing to testify against Bob Bashara if Bashara is charged in his wife's killing, she said.
The two sides could strike a plea deal before Gentz's scheduled preliminary examination Aug. 13.
Gentz "is able to remember, his memory's good, he's able to function, you know, on his own, and he's able to listen to advice and that's what he's doing now," Reed said.
David Griem, Bashara's attorney, said the hearing Wednesday was part of "a slow-motion charade" to build a case against Bashara, who has been charged with soliciting someone to have Gentz killed.