The trial of 30-year-old Jamie Perry, whose accused of killing Niles resident Luke Botica in September of 2023, has been delayed again.
This time, after Perry was, once again, deemed incompetent to stand trial. He faces charges of open murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and two counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Perry was initially deemed incompetent in August last year, but found competent back in March. However, after a recent competency hearing, it was determined he is incompetent again.
The court will resubmit Perry to the forensics center for further treatment, with a competency review scheduled for September.
Testimony after the killing suggested the shooting stemmed from a dispute over drugs and money.
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The insanity defense needs to be erased.
“Well, if there was no way to keep it from happening once, there was only one sure way to keep it from
happening twice. Which we had used.
If Dillinger had understood what he was doing (which seemed incredible) then he got what was coming
to him… except that it seemed a shame that he hadn’t suffered as much as had little Barbara Anne — he
practically hadn’t suffered at all.
But suppose, as seemed more likely, that he was so crazy that he had never been aware that he was
doing anything wrong? What then?
Well, we shoot mad dogs, don’t we?
Yes, but being crazy that way is a sickness —
I couldn’t see but two possibilities. Either he couldn’t be made well — in which case he was better dead
for his own sake and for the safety of others — or he could be treated and made sane. In which case (it
seemed to me) if he ever became sane enough for civilized society… and thought over what he had done
while he was “sick” — what could be left for him but suicide? How could he live with himself?
And suppose he escaped before he was cured and did the same thing again? And maybe again? How
do you explain that to bereaved parents? In view of his record?
I couldn’t see but one answer. ” -Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers