https://twitter.com/sydneestelle/status/1469049723591925763?s=21
Judge Werner to Letecia: "I've been pretty patient with you." He goes on to tell her that she does need to appear in person sometimes. If she does not, an "extraction team" will get her here. They'll ask first, but then physically bring her after that using restraints.
When describing that team, the Judge said they have about four or five deputies and "some of them have biceps the size of my neck". She needs to file motions 7 days in advance before not appearing, or they will bring her here. He said sometimes people get injured in the process.
Letecia to Judge Werner about refusing to appear: "I have been refused my meds for the past five days, it’s not safe for me to be in the courtroom when I cannot control myself."
It appears that the defense is referring to her potentially having a generalized "dissociative disorder", they are not getting more specific than that. The prosecution is asking for this evaluation to be completed at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo.
Here's the issue with this being performed at the CMHIP: Two weeks ago, Judge Werner got a letter on another case saying there's a 352-person waitlist for treatment there. He thinks it's grown since then. This evaluation would be less of a priority than those 352 patients.
Judge Werner: "There is slim hope of this getting done soon." They pushed her next appearance out by a week, it's now scheduled for January 13th at 1:30 PM. The judge believes they may have to push it even more if she's in Pueblo when this is scheduled to take place.
If the prosecution is planning to call an expert to testify about her mental health during the trial, he said that a written report (from a completed eval) must be disclosed 63 days before the trial -- which I think would be January 24 as her trial is scheduled for March 28 now.
