PLATTSBURGH -- July 7 is the deadline for the psychological evaluation ordered by the court for accused murderer Glen D. Race, including delivery of a report to the judge.

"The last I heard, it had not been done," said Joel E. Pink, the Halifax, Nova Scotia, attorney who represents the parents of the man charged with murdering Darcy R. Manor of Mooers and two others in Canada.

That was earlier this week, he said.

NEXT COURT ACTION

Race, who at his arraignment on June 7 was ordered sent to Clinton County Jail without bail, is next due in Mooers Town Court at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 19.

He could, however, waive that felony hearing, the purpose of which would be to determine whether there is enough evidence for the court to send the matter to grand jury.

Pink had no information on whether Race would keep the court date or not, and the man's court-appointed attorney, Daniel Gaudreau, didn't return a call from the Press-Republican.

Should the Nova Scotia man opt to skip the felony hearing, according to New York State Criminal Procedural Law, the court must either order he be held for grand-jury action or "make inquiry "¦ for the purpose of determining whether the felony complaint should be dismissed and another type complaint, including misdemeanor, be filed."

DETERMINES COMPETENCY

Race, 26, had first been scheduled to reappear before Mooers Town Justice Jeff Menard on June 21, pending completion of the court-ordered 730 mental-status exam. According to the court, Gaudreau asked for an adjournment.

Due to confidentiality regulations, Clinton County Mental Health and Addiction Services Director Sherrie Gillette couldn't speak specifically about Race, but she could outline the procedure dictated by Mental Hygiene Law.

Her agency handles such 730 mental-status exams for the county, totaling about a dozen yearly.

"We schedule them as soon as possible," she said.

The sole purpose of the evaluation, she said, "is to determine competency to stand trial "¦ to determine whether or not (the person) is lucid, whether or not they understand what is happening to them.

"That's the only focus."