FruitTingles
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Far out!!!!! :gaah:
Accused child killer Gaeta found not competent to stand trial — yet
http://www.kitsapdailynews.com/news/accused-child-killer-gaeta-found-not-competent-to-stand-trial-yet/
Accused child killer Gaeta found not competent to stand trial — yet
http://www.kitsapdailynews.com/news/accused-child-killer-gaeta-found-not-competent-to-stand-trial-yet/
This is freaking ridiculous. They have had YEARS to get his meds straight. SMDH!
they probably have, he is probably cheeking them or refusing them.
One of Gaeta’s attorneys, Jeniece LaCross, told Forbes that if Gaeta does not take the medications voluntarily, the attorneys would object to an order forcing him to do so.
Senior Deputy Prosecutor Chad Enright said no further hearing on the matter might be necessary if Gaeta cooperates.
“But if he doesn’t want to take the medications, we will litigate this and have hearings,” he said.
This guy not only raped and brutally murdered a child, but he was competent enough to then hide the body and act like he didn't know anything about it. he was also competent enough to know he should not be giving up his DNA. He was also competent enough to participate actively in both academics and sports in school. Enough of the coddling. He knows just what he did. It's time to pay the piper! Put your act away. No one here is buying it.
I agree 100% that Gaeta was fully aware of what he did to Jenise. IMO he's nothing more than an opportunistic predator with zero thought or regard for his victim. What's really frustrating is that it appears he's not competent now and if he refuses to take his meds he may actually prevail in court. I don't know about prior cases where perps refused meds in order to avoid trial - hopefully he can be ordered by the court to get with the program.
At least he won't be going free anytime soon.
Not competent? He lied to everyone and posted on fb about the case! He showed up to the vigil and drove by with his mom in the car while reporters asked questions. Liar liar pants on fire. JMO
Remind me what he posted on fb?
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PORT ORCHARD The trial of Gabriel Gaeta, charged in the 2014 rape and death of 6-year-old Jenise Wright, has been pushed back until October, and attorneys on both sides of the case say a legal question arising from an out-of-state appeals court might have to be resolved before he can stand trial.
Gaeta's trial, scheduled for March 28, was postponed until Oct. 10.
That was due partly to a medical procedure needed by one of his attorneys and also to allow time to settle the legal question raised by a Michigan appeals court. That court found in August that a jury, rather than a judge, must be the entity that sentences a juvenile to life in prison.
If Gaeta were convicted and sentenced and the Michigan case is later found to have national impact, the conviction could be overturned and the case returned to Kitsap Superior Court for a second trial.
Gaeta showed signs of mental distress before and after Jenise's death
Gabriel Gaeta, charged as an adult at age 17 for the rape and murder of his 6-year-old neighbor, Jenise Wright, showed signs of severe depression before his arrest in August 2014, and his mother reported he has deteriorated physically and mentally after more than 2 1/2 years of being incarcerated while awaiting trial.
A Kitsap County Superior Court judge gave doctors at Western State Hospital the go-ahead Tuesday to forcibly medicate an East Bremerton man who had been found mentally incompetent to stand trial for the rape and murder of 6-year-old Jenise Wright.
Gabriel Gaeta, 20, charged as an adult at age 17 for the 2014 death of Jenise, had been found legally unable to stand trial in February. Reports say he had fashioned a noose while in the Kitsap County Jail and was non-responsive with his attorneys.
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Dr. Margaret Dean, a psychiatrist at the hospitals Center for Forensic Services, said Gaeta had been lying on his bed, facing a wall with a pillow covering his head when staff checked on him. She said Gaeta lashed out when he was touched. Gaeta allegedly bit two staff members before being injected with sedatives and restrained.