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Old 10-19-2017, 8:40am   #1
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Accused cop-killer Travis Boys halts jury selection by rubbing feces on his face

Travis Boys, charged with killing a New Orleans police officer in 2015, halted jury selection in his first-degree murder trial late Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 18) when he rubbed feces on his face, head and mouth in the courtroom, according to two law enforcement sources.

Boys, 35, has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to the charge that he murdered NOPD Officer Daryle Holloway during an escape from custody on June 20, 2015. A jury was being impaneled Wednesday for a trial expected to open testimony next Monday.

Orleans Parish prosecutor Taylor Anthony was at the podium questioning the day's second panel of prospective jurors when the incident occurred around 4 p.m.

As the prosecutor spoke, Boys, seated at the defense table between attorneys Billy Sothern and Matthew Vogel, pulled from his suit pocket excrement that he had wrapped in a napkin, apparently during an earlier restroom break. He began rubbing the feces on his face and head without saying a word.

Criminal District Judge Karen Herman ordered an immediate halt to the proceedings, dismissed the jury panel that had witnessed the incident, and ordered a new competency evaluation for the defendant on Thursday.

Boys, who faces life imprisonment if convicted of murdering the 22-year NOPD veteran officer, already had been deemed competent to stand trial following a Sept. 21 hearing in Herman's courtroom that lasted nearly six hours.

At that hearing, two members of the court-appointed sanity commission -- forensic psychologist Dr. Rafael Salcedo and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Richard Richoux -- recommended that the defendant be deemed competent for trial, concluding that he suffered from no mental disease or defect that would prevent him from assisting in his defense.

Tulane University professor and psychiatrist Dr. James Brad McConville, hired by Boys' defense team, offered a conflicting opinion. McConville told the judge he did not think it was a "close call" that Boys could not currently understand his legal predicament or assist his attorneys.

"He doesn't understand his legal rights," McConville testified at that hearing. "He would have significant difficulty testifying without incriminating himself. ... My recommendation is that he be found incompetent to stand trial and undergo further testing and legal-rights education."

Herman ultimately sided with the court-appointed doctors and ordered Boys' trial to proceed as scheduled. Whether Wednesday's courtroom-clearing incident was nothing more than a desperate stunt or a genuine psychotic episode will be contested Thursday, likely with input from the same mental health professionals.

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The fact that he pulled that stunt after his evaluation only proves that he understands what is going on, and has enough mental capacity to try and manipulate the court.
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The fact that he pulled that stunt after his evaluation only proves that he understands what is going on, and has enough mental capacity to try and manipulate the court.
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That's not how I get shit faced.
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Okay, he's crazy. After conviction simply instruct the executioner to make a hole in the sleeve of the straight jacket to insert the needle in.
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Justice would require punishment that he not have to wrap a supply of poo in a napkin. He should have an ample amount in his knickers.
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....just another shithead looking for his 5 minutes of fame......(15s too much)
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The fact that he pulled that stunt after his evaluation only proves that he understands what is going on, and his enough mental capacity to try and manipulate the court.
"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, that specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind."

Thank you Joseph Heller
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