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Show World &Nation Page 10 Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Mitchell competent for trial in Smart case SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brian David Mitchell, the man charged with snatching Elizabeth Smart nearly eight years ago, could finally face a jury after a federal judge ruled Monday that Mitchell was faking mental illness and is competent to stand trial. "The evidence proves that Mitchell has the capacity to assist his counsel in his defense and the ability to behave appropriately in the courtroom," U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball wrote in his 149-page ruling issued in response to a 10-day hearing last year on Mitchell's competency. Lawyers for Mitchell said his hallmark disruptive singing in court was evidence he's mentally incompetent. Kimball, however, called the outbreaks a contrivance" used by the suspect to give the impression he can't control his behavior. "Although the defense has suggested that Mitchell's singing is a psychotic response to stress, Mitchell has repeatedly demonstrated that he has the capacity to be composed and in control, even in stressful situations," the judge wrote. Elizabeth Smart's father, Ed Smart, said he was thrilled Mitchell was found competent. "Because he is competent; he's crazy like a fox," Ed Smart said. He didn't think his daughter, who is serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Paris, had heard the news. Mitchell's federal public defender Robert Steele took issue with the ruling while acknowledging it was a "close call." Steele said an appeal wasn't likely to succeed, and he was instead preparing for a trial expected to start later this year. "It is our firm conviction that Mr. Mitchell is certainly mentally ill," Steele said. "Therefore, we are prepared to go to trial with an extremely mentally ill client." The ruling was a leap forward in a case that languished in state court as a judge twice ruled Mitchell incompetent and refused to force him to be medicated. The U.S. attorney's office intervened in 2008, indicting Mitchell in federal court on charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines. A March 26 hearing was scheduled to set a trial date. Smart was 14 when she was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002. She was found nine months later walking a suburban Salt Lake City street with Mitchell and his now-estranged wife, Wanda Barzee. "The abduction of Elizabeth Smart was every parent's nightmare," FBI special agentin-charge Jim McTighe said Monday. Smart, now 22, testified in October as part of the competency hearing, saying she was raped after a marriage ceremony staged by Mitchell and repeatedly throughout her captivity. Experts who testified during the hear- " ing last year split in their opinions about Mitchell's competency. A prosecution witness, New York forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael Weiner, concluded Mitchell suffers from a range of disorders, including pedophilia and anti-social and narcissistic personality disorders but was not psychotic or delusional. Welner also described Mitchell as an "effectively misleading psychopath" who has duped those around him into thinking he is incompetent. A key expert for the defense, Dr. Jennifer Skeem, diagnosed Mitchell with a delusional disorder and said he was incompetent to stand trial. Judge Kimball concluded Mitchell was faking mental illness to avoid responsibility for wrongdoing. Carlie Christensen, acting U.S. attorney for Utah, applauded the ruling, calling it a significant step in holding Mitchell accountable. Mitchell "wasn't successful in punking the system" and won't be offered a plea deal, she said. Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank, whose department investigated Smart's disappearance, said it was frustrating to see Mitchell hold up the court proceedings for so long. "The system never works as fast as we'd like," he said. Barzee, 64, pleaded guilty in November to federal charges of kidnapping and unlawful IN THIS DEC. 18, 2006, file photo, Brian David Mitchell, the alleged kidnapper of Elizabeth Smart, enters court for his competency hearing in Salt Lake City. AP photo transportation of a minor across state lines. Last month, she pleaded guilty in state court to a charge related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin. Prosecutors dropped other state charges against her. Barzee's lawyer, Scott Williams, said Barzee has agreed to testify at Mitchell's trial. AUTO: Geneva show explores hybrid market in U.S., world continued from page 3 That can range from full hybrids, which alternate between gasoline and electric engines to achieve improved fuel economy, to so-called partial hybrids, or cars with such features as start-stop technology, which automatically shuts down and restarts an engine when stopped to reduce idling and reduce carbon emissions. Porsche CEO Michael Macht touted the Cayenne as "a milestone on the way to electric mobility" for the Volkswagen brand, even as Porsche's head of development acknowledged the powerful SUV can manage only 2.8 miles (4.5 kilometers) in pure electric mode. "Our aim is to get a double digit range in the medium term," said Wolfgang Duerheimer. Selling from $61,000 in the United States, it is the German carmaker's first production 71 0 hybrid. Daimler sells a fifth of its S-class saloons as a hybrid version — a fraction of total annual sales across its product range. In Geneva, Daimler added the E-300 B1ueTEC diesel-electric to its hybrid lineup, and announced plans for a joint venture with BYD to produce an electric car for China. BMW went for a tried and tested gas-only formula with the redesign of its best-selling 5-series model and the new Mini Countryman, both of which were unveiled in Geneva. Still, the Bavarians said they are working on a hybrid 5-series that automatically switches to electric mode once the car leaves the highway. 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