Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Mental evaluation ordered in slaying:
A judge has ordered a mental evaluation for a woman accused of forcing bleach down her daughter's throat and sitting on the girl until she suffocated. The order, signed Jan. 5, calls for an outpatient evaluation of Tunisia Archie's competency to stand trial and mental state during the incident, court records show. Archie, 31, of Wylam, is charged with capital murder in the Nov. 26 death of Jasmine Archie, 12, a Bush Middle School student. Archie remains jailed without bond. Her attorney said her problems include severe depression. Court-appointed attorney David Luker said Monday a state doctor has started some aspects of the evaluation. Once the exams are complete, Luker said, he'll have private physicians review the report and evaluate Archie. Archie is scheduled to return to a Jefferson County courtroom Thursday for a preliminary hearing. Chanda Temple --
Another article, which says the girl, "Jasmine was 5 feet 10 and weighed 240 pounds. Archie is tall and slender"
Mental evaluation ordered in slaying:
A judge has ordered a mental evaluation for a woman accused of forcing bleach down her daughter's throat and sitting on the girl until she suffocated. The order, signed Jan. 5, calls for an outpatient evaluation of Tunisia Archie's competency to stand trial and mental state during the incident, court records show. Archie, 31, of Wylam, is charged with capital murder in the Nov. 26 death of Jasmine Archie, 12, a Bush Middle School student. Archie remains jailed without bond. Her attorney said her problems include severe depression. Court-appointed attorney David Luker said Monday a state doctor has started some aspects of the evaluation. Once the exams are complete, Luker said, he'll have private physicians review the report and evaluate Archie. Archie is scheduled to return to a Jefferson County courtroom Thursday for a preliminary hearing. Chanda Temple --
Another article, which says the girl, "Jasmine was 5 feet 10 and weighed 240 pounds. Archie is tall and slender"