New Orleans man found competent for trial in teen's death

Published May 04, 2016

A 54-year-old New Orleans man accused of fatally shooting a 14-year-old and wounding the boy's teenage brother in retaliation for being bumped off his bicycle has been found competent to stand trial.

NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/1TKEf2s) District Court Judge Tracey Flemings-Davillier made the ruling Tuesday.

The judge's order comes after a court-appointed sanity commission found no reason that Gregory Johnson could not participate in his own defense, despite a 28-year history of prescription drug treatment for depression.

Johnson is scheduled for trial June 13. He faces life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of 14-year-old Miquial Jackson, who was shot in the back of the head on May 5, 2014.

Prosecutors say the shooting was in retaliation for Johnson being bumped off his bike.

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Information from: The Times-Picayune, http://www.nola.com

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