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‘i i 4 4 i 0 CO _ & z -~ ? 7 > 2 -PAGE TWO EXAMINATION OF BECKWITH=S MENTAL CAPACITY AT TIME OF ALLEGED CRIME, WHEREAS UNDER MISSISSIPPI LAW MENTAL EXAMINATION CAN ONLY GO INTO BECKWITH=S MENTAL COMPETENCY TO CONDUCT A DEFENSE. FURTHER THAT A BROAD EXAMINATION WOULD AFFORD THE ‘STATE WITNESSES IN THE EVENT SANITY AT THE TIME OF ALLEGED CRIME IS RAISED AS A DEFENSE. BARNETT ADJOURNED COURT AT APPROXIMATELY TWELVE NOON UNTIL TWO P.M. CST. SHORTLY AFTER COURT RESUMED AT TWO P.M., JUDGE BARNETT ORDERED BECKWITH REMOVED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL AT WHITFIELD, MISSISSIPPI AND REMANDED -FO THE CUSTODY OF THE SHERIFF OF RANKIN COUNTY, MISS. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. | JUDGE BARNETT SAID SECTION TWO FIVE SEVEN FIVE POINT FIVE OF THE MISSISSIPPI CODE OF NINETEEN FORTYTWO UNDER WHICH BECKWITH COMMITTED FOR MENTAL EXAMINATION PROVIDES ONLY FOR AN EXAMINATION QUOTE TO DETERMINE HIS ABILITY TO MAKE A DEFENSE” _UNQHOTE. FURTHER THAT NOWHERE IN THE ORDER OF JUDGE LEON END PAGE TWO ee EE eee neni SEN ee oo aes me v A, . at “ oS we “e a ‘ oon nee aN nares 1 meee wv. - ” ‘ “s : oy a” : ° ot ial ine.