A federal judge on Wednesday decided that was not mentally of Jared L. Loughner of competent fire under the charge of the opening at an inaugural event for an Arizona Congressman in January killed 6 and injured 13 trial.
The judgment of judge Larry A. Burns Federal District Court means that Mr Loughner Sept., is sent to a federal psychiatric facility to 21 when a hearing will be held, whether he understands the 49 federal charges against him and can help, his defense.
If so, continue the procedure. If not, Mr Loughner will be sent back for more treatment and further periodic evaluation, to determine whether he has become competent. Potentially, he could remain under doctors care for an indefinite period.
"At this stage, Mr Loughner has no rational understanding of this process," said judge burns.
The ruling came only minutes after Mr Loughner scream from the courtroom was drawn.
He cried out "thanks for the freak show". "it died on me." "You are treasonous."
In his first appearance courtroom shortly after the shooting Mr Loughner had shaved his head clean and stand completely upright. On Wednesday, his hair was long and scraggly sideburns was leaning in all directions, and he fell during the proceedings as an old man. He laid his head in his hands for some time shortly before his outburst, he cried out on full throttle then said the judge.
Judicial authorities took him out of the room. Mr Loughner had calmed A short time later as judicial authorities said, was he headed back into the courtroom and judge Burns asked him whether he wanted to stay and see the procedure. Instead, Mr Loughner decided to see on a monitor from a nearby room.
The ruling came after two experts, Mr. Loughner studied in a federal psychiatric facility in Missouri determined that he was mentally incompetent and he appeared on schizophrenia and experienced delusions and irrational thoughts to suffer.
During the hearing, judge Burns, said that two-letter receiving since his arrest of Mr Loughner, both complaining about his legal representation. The judge said Mr Loughner court appointed lawyer, Judy Clarke, that he include not the intention, the problems in the letters, as it is a consequence of Mr Loughner mental illness as.
Mr Loughner was jailed on the ground by viewers on the scene of the Jan. parking where representative of Gabrielle Giffords with components was meeting is wrestled 8 shots in a grocery store. Mr Loughner is accused on foot to the Congressman and you shoot in the head, then he his weapon to others in the crowd. Among the dead were John roll, a federal judge in Tucson, and 9-year-old Christina Taylor Greene.
Thirteen people were injured, including Mrs Giffords, undergone rehabilitation for a severe brain injury in a hospital in Houston. Doctors say she is making steady progress, and recently she traveled to Florida for her husband, watch the astronaut Mark Kelly, pilot of the space shuttle endeavour on his last mission in space.
While legal experts said it remained possible that Mr Loughner would find never competent, prosecutors said they hoped that a one day trial would take place.
"Our goal has always been and will go before court," States Attorney Dennis Burke United said after the hearing in court.
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