Judge: Garrido competent to stand trial
By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee
The judge in the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnap case today ruled that Phillip Garrido is mentally competent to face trial in her 1991 abduction.
El Dorado Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister said, “The defendant is in fact competent to stand trial.”
He set the next hearing the case for Feb. 28.