The decision as to whether the death series -Ralph Menzies is now competent to judge the judge,

West Jordan – The son of a woman killed by Ralph Menzies told the judge that he would accept his decision whether the menzies still dealt with the addition. He only asked the decision to be sent to the family before being published.

Matt Hunsaker said during the entire hearing on Wednesday when the lawyers discussed whether the inmate was competent in Utah, his mother – Maurine Hunsaker – was mentioned once under her last name. He said he wanted her to be remembered as a mother and grandma – he said he would get a granddaughter this year, and it is difficult that his mother will not experience it.

“This husband took my mother from a petrol station where she tried to support her family … … he tied her to a tree; he beat her throat. This was a brutal murder of a person whose life was shortened. We miss her. We love her,” he said.

Hunsaker said the case had a legacy of hearings, and hundreds of hours and piles of paper are devoted to the question of whether menzies are competent. He said the decision that has now been left to the judge was of great weight.

The judge of the third district, Matthew Bates, asked the lawyers and was engaged during the hearing. He did not estimate when he was allowed to make a decision, but he asked the lawyers to send him the remaining things that he would soon have to check.

The deputy prosecutor Daniel Boyer said that the seven experts who were hired by evaluating Menzies only the three he commissioned was not competent enough to be executed. He argued that they had used a “bloated and false” legal standard to achieve this conclusion.

“He clearly understands that he is executed as a punishment for the murder he committed, and that is the entire eighth application application,” said the lawyer.

The lawyer of the Menzies, Lindsey Layer, said a knowledge of what he is convicted of being executed, and the method of execution is not sufficient on the basis of decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States. She quoted problems with menzies that renewed medication and led laundry machines in prison – things that he could do in the past.

She said that the list of questions used by two evaluators gave clues that would help menzies know how to answer and that the statements do not show that he has a rational understanding.

The oral argument on Wednesday was followed by a multi -day statement negotiation in December, in which doctors discussed their reviews and results.

The 67-year-old Menzies was found guilty

The public prosecutor submitted an application to start the execution process in early 2024, but the lawyers of Menzies asked that the process should be put on ice to evaluate whether it is still competent to be executed. His lawyers claim that Menzies has dementia and no longer understands why the state wants to carry it out.