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Gene Stipe won’t be tried, for now

 
BY TONY THORNTON | Published: October 29, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

MUSKOGEE — A probation revocation case for Gene Stipe is on indefinite hold, as is a new criminal indictment, after a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the former state senator remains mentally incompetent to stand trial.

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It was the second time U.S. District Judge Ronald White found Stipe is unable to assist his attorneys.

As with last year’s ruling, White based his decision mainly on a report and testimony by the prosecution’s key witness, a neuropsychologist who examined Stipe during a recent four-month stay at a Missouri prison hospital.

Dr. Robert Denney testified that Stipe has improved in some areas and regressed in others. Overall, Denney said, Stipe is still incompetent, largely because of dementia caused by excessive fluid on the brain.

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