The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/justin-barkley/)
The Ithaca man accused of fatally shooting and driving over a UPS driver in the Ithaca Walmart parking lot also faces misdemeanor charges in Lansing Town Court for allegedly punching and choking a store clerk months before the Walmart incident.
Edwards, in her petition, said she is suitable to act as Barkley’s guardian because she “has been his mother and intimately involved in his life. Of all of the available and willing people to carry out this function, she is the most familiar with his needs and assets.”
The flub occurred because a court clerk did not scan the back of one of the psychiatric examiners’ forms, on which the examiner had clarified that Barkley was incompetent to assist in his own defense, District Attorney Matthew Van Houten told reporters.