(Jackson, Mn.)– A Jackson county woman charged in the shooting death last November of a Spirit Lake man has been found mentally competent to stand trial.
Jackson County Attorney Robert O’Conner says his office received the report on Suzanne McNulty’s competency Monday. He says it shows McNulty was not impaired by alocohol or drugs.
Both the prosecution and defense have ten days to object to the report. O’Conner says he does not plan to do so. If such a request is filed by the defense, another evaluation would be performed, at the county’s expense.
McNulty remains in the Jackson county jail on 500-thousand dollars bond.
She’s been charged with second degree felony murder and second degree assault in the November 14th, 2003 shooting death of Ervin Berg of Spirit Lake. She’s accused of firing a 12-gauge shotgun at Berg at a farmstead south of Lakefield.
