Judge: Woman competent to stand trial in mother's death
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A state judge has ruled a 55-year-old Baton Rouge woman is now competent to stand trial on a manslaughter charge in the 2014 death of her 82-year-old mother.
Police have said Bessie Looney was found dead amid deplorable conditions, sitting naked in a wheelchair in her home and covered with infected bedsores. Daughter Joleslie Looney and her 19-year-old daughter Lauren Looney are both charged with manslaughter in the death of Bessie Looney.
The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/29NxNJV) state District Judge Mike Erwin found Joleslie Looney incompetent to proceed in February due to her depression, and she was sent later to the state mental facility in Jackson.
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Erwin on Monday found her competent at a sanity review hearing after mental health professionals reported her competency to assist her attorneys had been restored.
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Information from: The Advocate, http://theadvocate.com