Utah Woman Accused Of Stabbing Girlfriend Competent For Trial

A Utah woman accused of fatally stabbing her 21-year-old girlfriend is competent to stand trial on a first-degree felony murder charge, an Ogden judge recently ruled. Victoria Ashley Mendoza, 22, is accused of stabbing Tawnee Marie Baird while the two were driving on Interstate 15 in October. In March, Mendoza’s attorney, Michael Studebaker, asked that his client’s competency be evaluated after several courtroom outbursts caused concern that she might not adequately understand the charges agains... <img src="http://mngislctrib.112.2O7.net/b/ss/mngislctrib/1/H.17--NS/0?&pageName=RSS" height="1" width="1" border="0" alt=""/> <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>

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