A judge has ruled that an Ocala man is mentally competent to stand trial for murder.
Defense lawyer Daniel Hernandez of Tampa told Circuit Judge Gary Sanders on Friday that he doesn t object to the report. Hernandez said he has explained the content of the document to his client.
According to court papers, a motion for competency and psychiatric evaluation was filed in January to determine the mental condition of La Mathis Eugene Bread Boy Hamilton of Ocala.
The court appointed Dr. Jennifer Rohrer, who s an expert under contract with the court, to examine Hamilton.
Hamilton, 29, is charged with the first-degree murder of 61-year-old Roland Henry Lanctot, who was found shot to death inside his tent in a densely wooded area near Northwest Blitchton Road and Northwest 33rd Avenue in January 2019.