Warriors Plowshares LOCAL ECONOMY action honors volunteer Tribes hold forum tonight ..........Page A-6 ............Page A-3 ................................Page A-1 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Tomorrow: Partly sunny; H 51, L 27 7 58551 69301 0 FRIDAY Dec. 7, 2007 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 48 pages, Volume 149 Number 242 email:
[email protected] Hearing for teen starts Monday By BEN BROWN The Daily Journal Marcos Escareno’s competency trial will proceed Monday, over the objections of the Mendocino County District Attorney’s office who say the 15- year-old homicide sus- pect is competent to The issue: Is a stand trial. “We’re talking 15 year old about serious charges competent to and we’re talking stand trial? about a 15 year old,” said Mendocino County Superior Court Judge Ronald Brown. “I want to make sure I have all the information.” A jury trial to determine competency was scheduled in August at the request of Escareno’s attorney Katharine Elliot after Forensic Psychologist Dr. Kevin Kelly found Escareno to be competent. The competency trial has been delayed twice since then. On Thursday, Deputy District Attorney Katherine Houston asked Superior Court Judge Ronald Brown to enter a plea of not guilty on MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal See HEARING, Page A-10 Cheerleader Haily Gupta acts as a base for Sarah Spoljaric, while in the background Allysa Pool loads in to a stunt during practice at the Coyote Valley gymnasium Tuesday. Local Red Solid on the sidelines Cross help Bartolomei said that following try-outs UHS cheer squad she and the other coaches, Kelly heads north Denham, Nadine DeLapo and Karen By BEN BROWN Gupta -- with help from volunteers Sami hoping to get The Daily Journal Holder and Ashley Bowers -- begin look- As the heavy rains and high winds that pound- to competition ing for camps and competitions for the ed the Pacific Northwest recede and Oregon and squad.