Judge Gregory Elvine-Kreis will issue a written ruling in the coming weeks over whether Jasen Coley – who killed 25-year-old Kenneth “Michael” Davis on July 3, 2023 – will see state prison or a mental hospital.
After receiving written arguments from the prosecution and defense in early January, Judge Gregory Elvine-Kreis said he plans to issue a ruling the week of Jan. 22 regarding Jasen Coley, who fatally shot 25-year-old Kenneth “Michael” Davis on July 3. Testimony in Coley’s case – featuring two psychiatrists who evaluated Coley and discovery records, both concluding that Coley killed Davis because he believed aliens told him to – wrapped up on Thursday.
The morning proceedings saw Deputy District Attorney Candace Myers press a psychiatrist appointed at her request on his conclusion that Jasen Coley – who spent several days driving from Tennessee to McKinleyville to fatally shoot Kenneth “Michael” Davis on July 3 as Davis came home from work – did not understand the nature and reality of his choice to kill his old friend.
In an often combative cross examination, Dr. Robert Soper said that Jasen Coley sincerely believed that he was protecting his family from aliens and the illuminati by killing his childhood friend.
Jasen Coley pleaded guilty to murdering 25-year-old Kenneth “Michael” Davis on July 3 and waived his right to a jury trial on the evidence, meaning a judge will instead hear about Coley’s psychiatric evaluations.