LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) _ A federal judge has ordered a psychiatric exam for the JetBlue Airways pilot accused of interfering with a flight crew when he disrupted a Las Vegas-bound flight after he left the cockpit and screamed about religion and terrorists
The order U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson signed in Amarillo on Wednesday will send Clayton Osbon to a medical facility for federal prisoners for tests to determine if he was legally sane March 27. That’s when passengers wrestled Osbon to the floor after witnesses said he ran through the cabin yelling about Jesus and al-Qaida.
The exam also will determine if he’s competent to stand trial.
The prosecution’s motion filed Wednesday comes the day Osbon’s attorney asked another judge to reschedule a Thursday detention hearing. The hearing will be Monday.
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