Man Found Competent for Murder Trial


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FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) -- The man accused in the shooting death of his father during a duck hunting trip two years ago has been found mentally competent to stand trial.

But doctors are now trying to figure out if 21-year-old Benjamin Gully was insane on October 9, 2004, the day he's accused of killing his father, 61-year-old James Gully, at Farmington Bay.

Gully has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to first-degree murder. Gully's attorney says his client was not criminally responsible for the shooting.

Gully has been at the Utah State Hospital for more than a year.

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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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