COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Robert Dear, admitted Planned Parenthood, has been transferred to a state hospital for a mental competency exam.
57-year-old Dear is awaiting the test after a judge refused to delay it at defense attorneys’ request. The judge ordered the evaluation in December after Dear said he wanted to fire his public defenders and represent himself.
The exam will show whether he’s mentally capable of making that decision.
Dear is charged with 179 counts, including murder, attempted murder and assault in the November attack that also left nine injured.
