19-02-2015 20:21 via kerngoldenempire.com

Competency hearing today for 20-year-old murder case

BAKERSFIELD, CA - Convicted murderer Christopher Lightsey is back in court for something called a "retrospective competency hearing."
Closing arguments are expected to take place today, Feb. 19, for the 20-year-old murder case.
According to the state supreme court, Lightsey shouldn't have represented himself during his original competency hearing in 1995 -- stating that he should have had a lawyer.    Lightsy was convicted of murdering 76-year-old William Compton an
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