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Alleged machete-wielding woman committed to state hospital
Before the alleged machete incident, 19-year-old Samantha Ray Mears had been charged with felony strangulation of a partner in April.
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Less than a week after her most recent arrest, Judge Greg Pinski ordered Mears be committed to the state hospital and deemed her currently unfit to stand trial in the strangulation case.
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After 60 days, state hospital officials will determine if Mears is capable of aiding in her own defense in court. If not, she will be treated for a number of 90-day periods in an attempt to rehabilitate her. If hospital staff is unsuccessful, she may be held at the facility on a civil commitment, in which hospital staff would have to report her condition to the court once a year.
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although rape charges have not yet been filed. That may change, Cascade County Attorney Josh Racki said Tuesday, once they re-evaluate the case in the event that Mears is rehabilitated to stand trial. Police did not initially pursue the charges, he said, and she was moved to the hospital before the prosecutor's office filed official charges in district court.
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Less than a week after her most recent arrest, Judge Greg Pinski ordered Mears be committed to the state hospital and deemed her currently unfit to stand trial in the strangulation case.
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After 60 days, state hospital officials will determine if Mears is capable of aiding in her own defense in court. If not, she will be treated for a number of 90-day periods in an attempt to rehabilitate her. If hospital staff is unsuccessful, she may be held at the facility on a civil commitment, in which hospital staff would have to report her condition to the court once a year.
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although rape charges have not yet been filed. That may change, Cascade County Attorney Josh Racki said Tuesday, once they re-evaluate the case in the event that Mears is rehabilitated to stand trial. Police did not initially pursue the charges, he said, and she was moved to the hospital before the prosecutor's office filed official charges in district court.
