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CompetentContinued from 1AAustin psychiatrist Dr. Richard Coons agreed with Jumes at Tuesday’s trial, which is a reversal from his previous opinion.In 2006, Coons testified that Seard believed he had a presence in his life that made him the “evilest in existence and was not competent to stand trial for the murders.Seard also took the stand atTuesday’s trial.“His testimony was mainly to display his lack of logical thought process,” said Seard's defense attorney Kurtis Rudkin from Boeme. “I thought he demonstrated he wasn’t able to rationally communicate with his attorneys.”Wilke said he believes that this is the third competency trial in the Seard case. At the previous trials, Abies found Seard incompetent.Wilke said the next step is pretrial hearings before a date is set for Seard’s murder trial.Pre-trial hearings will provide the defense or the state an opportunity to file additional motions with the courts.Rudkin said that ultimately the state’s expert testimony workedLooking backThe bodies of Patricia Kutzer and Terry Ingram were found in March 2003 in the driveway of Kutzer's Comfort home. According to police reports, they were stabbed and bludgeoned to death.Ingram's son discovered the bodies and called police.Vincent Seard Jr. left several pieces of key evidence against him at the crime scene. Police reported that Seard's driver's license and a picture of himself from a compact disc advertisement were recovered.At the time, Kerr County Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer said the murders appeared to lack a motive.'I've been doing this for 24 years in this county, and I'll be honest— this is the most bizarre capital murder case I've ever seen,' Hierholzer said in 2003.'We did not at this time find anything missing from the residence... except for a credit card.'Seard was arrested in California.against Seard.“Both of the doctors testified that they thought he was competent,” Rudkin said. “The judge just told it the way he saw it.”
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Kerrville Daily Times
Kerrville, Texas, US
Wed, Jun 18, 2008
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