An 82-year-old Chula Vista man who is charged with killing his roommate in a mobile home will have a mental competency hearing on Jan. 14, a judge ruled on Dec. 28.
The attorney for Paul Gary Young, Jr. told a Chula Vista Superior Court judge she doubted her client’s mental competency to understand court proceedings.Court proceedings were suspended on Oct. 22 and a Dec. 28 hearing was set, but another judge delayed the hearing until Jan. 14 because the psychiatric report was not ready.
Young is accused of fatally shooting Maya Pawlik, 55, on August 2 in the home they shared at Terry’s Mobile Home Park on G Street in Chula Vista. Deputy District Attorney Jerry Wendricks said Pawlik was shot once in the head and died instantly.
The details of the case have not yet been discussed in court and Young has still not had a preliminary hearing. If he is found to be mentally competent, a preliminary hearing and trial will be set. If not, he will be transferred to a state psychiatric facility and given medications in order to bring him to mental competency.
A psychiatrist is believed to have met with Young in jail in December to evaluate him, but a San Diego Superior Court judge has not yet received the report.
Young remains in custody without bail. He had previously pleaded not guilty.
