By COLLEEN SLEVIN (Associated Press) DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man charged with killing 10 people at a Boulder supermarket in 2021 is competent to proceed toward a trial, prosecutors said Wednesday. The district attorney’s office announced that the latest report from experts at the state mental hospital concluded that Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa no longer has a mental or developmental disability that prevents him from helping in his defense and can now participate in the court case against him. The hospital reports on Alissa are not public under Colorado law and the district attorney’s office did not release any specific details about his condition. A judge still must accept the hospital’s conclusion in order for criminal proceedings, on hold for over 1 1/2 years, to resume, it said. Earlier this year, defense lawyers confirmed Alissa has schizophrenia, a mental disorder which causes people to have trouble understanding reality. Being deemed mentally competent does not mean Alissa has been cured, just that experts think he is able to understand the proceedings and able to consult with his lawyers about his case, helping them defend him. The March 22, 2021, attack at a King Soopers grocery shocked a state that has seen its share of mass shootings, including the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting.

 

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