Hinckley ‘fit for trial’
NZPA- Reuter Washington Gow ‘rnment prosecutors and la, vyers for John Hinckley agreed yesterday that he is mentally competent to stand anal next month for the attempted murder of President Reagan. Hinckle y, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, goes‘on trialion January 4. But jkidge ’ Barrington Parker has scheduled a preliminary hearing, next Monday to rule whether Hinckley is mentally, fit. Hinckley; .'.tried to hang himself in , his , cell last month. He tank a drug overdose in May. . In the shooting outside a Washington hotel on March 30, President .Reagan was wounded in .tihe lung. A Secret Service agent and a Washington pdliceman have recovered from their wounds bit the White, House press secretary, James Brady, is still recovering; after being shbt in the head. •
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