Judge to evaluate Planned Parenthood shooter’s competency for fourth time

A judge presiding over the stalled prosecution of admitted Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Lewis Dear Jr. could decide Thursday whether to free the case from its legal limbo.
Dear, 59, has been held at the Colorado State Mental Health Institute at Pueblo since May 2016, when 4th Judicial District Chief Judge Gilbert Martinez ruled that he was incompetent to stand trial.
The legal finding means that in the eyes of the law, Dear is unable to understand the charges against him or to assist in his