After four years of legal wrangling, including questions of Mason's mental competency he was given a life sentence in 1994.
She was further promoted as a special commissioner for domestic violence and mental competency in 1994.
One woman, a doctor, has testified in court on mental competency and was once treated for depression.
"They were giving me tests for mental competency," he says.
That lessens the chances of a challenge to a will on the basis of mental competency.
In 1994, a first jury deadlocked on his mental competency, but a second found him able to stand trial.
And while the fitness report addresses his mental competency now, it has no bearing on his condition when he committed the crime.
The jury commission shall continue to make decisions as to mental or physical competency of prospective jurors.
He is a poorly educated laborer, and questions have been raised about his mental competency.
Two years elapsed as the district attorney considered Harris's mental competency.