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SAMTY TRIAL IPsychiatrist Testifies To Competency jA psychiatrist testified Wednesday that he considers Donald Dee Collier, 26, mentally able to help in his own defense against a criminal charge.^ Collier, charged with armed robbery, is the subject of a sanity trial in 72nd District Court. If be is found sane, the robbery j trial will proceed.; Ability to help in his own defense is a key point in determining Collier's sanity, andDr, Jerome A. Smith said that \ie felt Collier competent in thatrespect.Dr. Smith 'said he had ex-! amined Collier twice and had! observed him on another oe-j easion, when Collier's mother j was visiting him in jail. He said; he considered C o 1 1 i e r .a)' sociopathic personality w i t hi some paranoid tendencies, hut* not psychotic. jFirst State Witness j9The psychiatrist was the first state witness. Assistant Dist. Atty. Blair Cherry Jr. put him on the stand after a number of relatives and acquaintances of Collier had testified as defense witnesses. Those witnesses in!igeneral supported the previous! day's testimony about Collier's j habit of staring fixedly, of roar-i ings in his head, and of other j aspects of his behavior. jTwo Lubbock Countv jail prisoners testified that Collier,! as a fellow* inmate, had stabbed! (hem with a weapon he made by j sharpening the metal handle of a; tub. They are Bobby Kimbrel!,) 21, and David Wright Stafford! Jr., 47. iJudge William B. Shaver! recessed court until 9 a.m. today-so that Cherry can put a: psychologist, Murray Kovnar of; Lubbock, on the stand, iiCollier is accused of helping j hold up the United Supermarket j at 203 N. University Ave. last j Jan. 23. !
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Thu, Nov 14, 1968
Page 82
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