Lawyers defending Everett Conant the Third of Wheatland who is accused of killing his three sons and his brother, filed a request yesterday asking to suspend court proceedings against Conant while he receives a mental evaluation. Marsha Sears reports…
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Because of the filing, a preliminary hearing that was scheduled for Thursday has been cancelled. Wyoming law specifies that if there's reasonable cause to believe that an accused person "has a mental illness or deficiency making him unfit to proceed, all further proceedings shall be suspended." Conant's three sons, Joseph, Charles and Everett, ages 11, 13 and 18, were found shot to death in the family's mobile home last Thursday along with their uncle, Nacuma Roland Conant. Everett Conant's wife, Suzette Conant, was shot in the shoulder and ankle and was released from the hospital on Monday. Platte County Attorney Eric Jones said on Monday that he hadn't decided whether his office would seek the death penalty against Conant.
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Because of the filing, a preliminary hearing that was scheduled for Thursday has been cancelled. Wyoming law specifies that if there's reasonable cause to believe that an accused person "has a mental illness or deficiency making him unfit to proceed, all further proceedings shall be suspended." Conant's three sons, Joseph, Charles and Everett, ages 11, 13 and 18, were found shot to death in the family's mobile home last Thursday along with their uncle, Nacuma Roland Conant. Everett Conant's wife, Suzette Conant, was shot in the shoulder and ankle and was released from the hospital on Monday. Platte County Attorney Eric Jones said on Monday that he hadn't decided whether his office would seek the death penalty against Conant.
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