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Friday, August 2nd:
*Arraignment Hearing (@ 9am PT) – CA – Nia Wilson (18) (July 22, 2018, MacArthur BART Station, Oakland; her sister Letifah was injured) – *John Lee Cowell (27) arrested (7/23/18) & charged (7/25/18) with murder & attempted murder with special allegations of using a deadly weapon on each charge. No bond.
Court hearings from 7/25/18 thru 4/5/19 reference post #30 here:
CA - Oakland, Nia Wilson stabbed to death on BART, sister injured, 22 Jul 2018 *Arrest*
4/19/19 Update: Judge will decide on 4/24 on mental competency.
4/24/19 Update: A judge on Wednesday granted the prosecution's request to have a psychiatrist it has hired conduct a mental exam. Dr. Jason Roof is to examine Cowell for three to four hours on May 30 at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. Cramer ordered Cowell to return to court on May 6, when he will determine which of Cowell's psychiatric records will be provided to the prosecution & Root & to set the date for the trial on his competency.
5/6/19 Update: The prosecution wants its expert, Dr. Jason Roof, to be able to review the records before he examines John Lee Cowell, 28, for three to four hours on May 30 at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. A judge on Monday scheduled a trial to begin July 29 on the mental competency. Cowell is scheduled to return to court on Friday (5/10) for a hearing on a motion by his lawyers to bar Roof from conducting one of the tests he wants to perform on Cowell.
6/6/19 Update: Motion hearing on 6/7 re to bar Dr. Jason Roof from conducting one of the tests he wants to perform on Cowell.
7/17/19 Update: Judge finds Cowell competent to stand trial. Arraignment hearing on 8/2 where he will enter his plea.
*Arraignment Hearing (@ 9am PT) – CA – Nia Wilson (18) (July 22, 2018, MacArthur BART Station, Oakland; her sister Letifah was injured) – *John Lee Cowell (27) arrested (7/23/18) & charged (7/25/18) with murder & attempted murder with special allegations of using a deadly weapon on each charge. No bond.
Court hearings from 7/25/18 thru 4/5/19 reference post #30 here:
CA - Oakland, Nia Wilson stabbed to death on BART, sister injured, 22 Jul 2018 *Arrest*
4/19/19 Update: Judge will decide on 4/24 on mental competency.
4/24/19 Update: A judge on Wednesday granted the prosecution's request to have a psychiatrist it has hired conduct a mental exam. Dr. Jason Roof is to examine Cowell for three to four hours on May 30 at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. Cramer ordered Cowell to return to court on May 6, when he will determine which of Cowell's psychiatric records will be provided to the prosecution & Root & to set the date for the trial on his competency.
5/6/19 Update: The prosecution wants its expert, Dr. Jason Roof, to be able to review the records before he examines John Lee Cowell, 28, for three to four hours on May 30 at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. A judge on Monday scheduled a trial to begin July 29 on the mental competency. Cowell is scheduled to return to court on Friday (5/10) for a hearing on a motion by his lawyers to bar Roof from conducting one of the tests he wants to perform on Cowell.
6/6/19 Update: Motion hearing on 6/7 re to bar Dr. Jason Roof from conducting one of the tests he wants to perform on Cowell.
7/17/19 Update: Judge finds Cowell competent to stand trial. Arraignment hearing on 8/2 where he will enter his plea.