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Criminal

Mar. 9, 2001

Jury Can't Determine Man's Mental Health

SAN BERNARDINO - A jury announced Wednesday that it was unable to reach a decision on the mental soundness of a man who raped his own mother in 1986, three days after finishing a prison term for murder.

        SAN BERNARDINO - A jury announced Wednesday that it was unable to reach a decision on the mental soundness of a man who raped his own mother in 1986, three days after finishing a prison term for murder.
        The San Bernardino Superior Court jury, whose decision was supposed to determine whether Steven Daniel Matthews was ready to leave a mental hospital, deadlocked 10-2. The majorit...

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