Laken Riley’s killer has cinched a court win when a judge ruled he undergo a mental health evaluation after his lawyers claimed he wasn’t competent to stand trial last year.

A judge ordered a mental competency evaluation for Jose Ibarra, convicted of murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley. Ibarra is seeking to appeal his conviction.

Laken Riley's killer has cinched a court win when a judge ruled he undergo a mental health evaluation after his lawyers claimed he wasn't competent to stand trial last year.

Jose Ibarra, the illegal immigrant convicted in nursing student Laken Riley's murder, wins court order for mental evaluation despite being sentenced to life.

Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge Patrick Haggard, who oversaw Jose Ibarra’s bench trial and sentenced him to life in prison, has ordered the state Department of Behavioral Health and ...

ATLANTA (Atlanta News First /Gray News) - The Venezuelan man convicted of killing a former University of Georgia student and whose trial set off a national immigration debate during a presidential ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Jose Ibarra - the man who was convicted of killing a former University of Georgia student and whose trial and conviction set off a national immigration debate ...

Georgia judge orders mental evaluation for Jose Ibarra, the man who killed UGA nursing student Laken Riley.

ATHENS, Ga. — A judge has ordered a mental competency evaluation for Jose Ibarra, the man convicted of murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, as Ibarra seeks to appeal his conviction.

NELSON — A 31-year-old Superior man convicted of murdering his girlfriend after a week-long trial in Nuckolls County District Court is seeking a new trial.

Jose Ibarra, convicted of murdering Laken Riley, will undergo a mental competency evaluation. It will assess Ibarra's competency during his trial and for future post-conviction proceedings.