Posted on 10/18/2017 2:52:33 PM PDT by BBell
After another heated, two-hour hearing, a Jefferson Parish district court judge found Jerman Neveaux competent enough to assist attorneys with his defense against charges that he gunned down Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Detective David Michel.
The ruling Wednesday (Oct. 18) concludes a series of three sanity hearings on the matter.
Neveaux's defense attorney, Martin Regan, argued his client should be declared incompetent because his cognitive function is low due to lead poisoning as a child and head injuries he received as a result of excessive force used by deputies used by deputies during his arrest in the shooting.
Judge Conn Regan of the 24th Judicial District Court disagreed.
"I don't see that it has been shown that the defendant is incompetent to proceed," said Judge Conn Regan, who was perplexed by the inclusion of a linguistics expert -- who'd never spoken to the defendant for a sanity hearing. "I just don't see what you're doing, Mr. Regan, I really don't."
Neveaux, 20, of New Orleans, is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault with a firearm, two counts of resisting police by force and illegal possession of a stolen firearm. He is accused of fatally shooting Michel, 50, when Michel stopped Neveaux as he was walking near Manhattan Boulevard and Ascot Road in Harvey on the afternoon of June 22, 2016.
Neveaux pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Mugshots of Jerman Neveaux included as evidence in his federal civil rights lawsuit against 28 Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies accused of using excessive force during his arrest for murder in the shooting death of Detective David Michel Jr. on June 22, 2016.
Shoots a cop, in the back three times - the cat is lucky to be alive.
What, he killed a cop and they beat him up?
Trying to care.....trying.....trying.....
Nope, sorry.
Hit that cop-killing POS again, and put some stank on it.
He looks pretty good to me.
That’s what I’d expect a cop killer to look like after his arrest. It just points up the systematic incompetents with the Texas Tech police department. That whole crew needs to be sacked.
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