In a Friday morning hearing a Fort Riley soldier charged with the homicide of a Manhattan man on New years was deemed competent to stand trial.
29-year-old Daniel Parker was evaluated at Larned State Hospital, and the results were presented to Riley count district court in a hearing on Friday.
Defense attorney Larry McCrell disputed the content of the report met standards set forward in the law, but Judge David Stutzman upheld that the findings in the report sufficed to label Parker as competent to stand trial.
Parker is accused of killing 22-year-old Frederick Beverly in a drive-by-shooting near the 1800 block of Fair Lane on New Years day.
