updated Tuesday 10:30 p.m.
U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings has ruled Lubbock terrorism suspect Khalid Aldawari is competent to stand trial.
During a brief hearing, neither the prosecution nor defense attorneys contested a 36-page report from a Federal Prison System Psychologist who evaluated Aldawsari.
That report is sealed by order of U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings.
Aldawsari's trial is scheduled to begin April 30th.
posted Monday afternoon
A hearing is set for Tuesday in federal court to determine whether a Lubbock terrorism suspect is mentally competent to stand trial.
U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings ordered 21-year-old Khalid Aldawsari to undergo a mental health exam at the federal detention center in Springfield, Missouri.Those results are in, according to court documents. The Saudi-born college student was arrested in February 2011 on a charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Last week Judge Cummings denied Aldawsari's defense team's motions to disclose and suppress evidence investigators obtained through the foreign intelligence surveillance act.
