Overview

• Third District Judge Matthew Bates set Dec. 9–11, with the morning of Dec. 12 if needed, as firm dates for the competency hearing.
• He denied the Utah Attorney General’s request to speed up mental evaluations, saying the process would not be rushed.
• The court expects state-ordered evaluations to be completed before the December proceedings.
• Menzies’ attorneys cite worsening dementia and declining health and have asked to commute his sentence to life without parole.
• Hunsaker’s family criticized further delays, and Menzies—convicted in 1988 for the 1986 kidnapping and killing of Maurine Hunsaker—remains under a Supreme Court stay of execution.