BESAW TO BE EVALUATED BY TWO DOCTORS

THE MAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF BLUDGEONING AN EAST ENGLEWOOD ANTIQUE SHOPPE OWNER TO DEATH LAST DECEMBER HAS BEEN ORDERED TO UNDERGO MEDICAL TESTS.  ACCORDING TO THE SUN, THE JUDGE IN THE CASE ORDERED THE EVALUATIONS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SEE IF 33 YEAR OLD JAMES BESAW IS COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL IN THE MURDER OF 64 YEAR OLD JEFFREY MAZUR.  BESAW HAS CONFESSED TO BEATING MAZUR IN THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER BECAUSE THE SHOPPE OWNER ALLEGEDLY SOLD OFF COINS THAT BESAW HAD PAWNED EARLIER IN THE MONTH.  HE WAS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND ARMED ROBBERY, BUT IN SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEWS TO THE MEDIA, HE SAYS HE DOESN’T REMEMBER COMMITTING THE ACTS.   THE JUDGE ORDERED THE EXAMINATIONS TO BE LIMITED TO BESAW’S PRESENT COMPETENCY TO PROCEED FROM HERE.  A TIME LINE WAS NOT GIVEN IN THE COURT ORDER AS TO WHEN THE TWO DOCTORS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THEIR EVALUATIONS, AND BESAW IS DUE BACK IN COURT IN MAY FOR A CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE.