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Jury to Determine Competency of Suspect in Fatal Davis Stabbings

  • A court-appointed psychologist found Carlos Dominguez mentally incompetent to stand trial for the stabbing deaths of two men and the attempted murder of a woman near the UC Davis campus.
  • Prosecutors are contesting the psychologist's findings, leading to a jury trial to determine Dominguez's competency.
  • Dominguez interrupted a court hearing to apologize for the crimes, though his statements were struck from the record.
  • Dominguez was a UC Davis student at the time of the stabbings until being dismissed for academic reasons.
  • The stabbings shook the small town of Davis and the UC Davis community.
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