Attorney Matt Pippin filed a motion last week asking a judge to jail him alongside his client, Jacob Gonzalez, until Kentucky's state-run psychiatric center gives provided a competency evaluation, which he has been waiting for since September 2022.
After being re-indicted for the five-year-old murder in June, Gavin Perkins’ request Monday to lower his bond from $500,000 to $5,000 cash and home incarceration was rejected by Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Patricia Morris.
Inaction by the state-run psychiatric center has left hundreds of criminal cases on hold across the state, with some defendants jailed indefinitely.
Madden has already been found incompetent to stand trial in several previous criminal cases, including by the judge handling his current case.
The jurors are to be sequestered for the duration of the trial.
