ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A judge has postponed a trial to determine whether a man who pleaded guilty this week to killing five people at a Maryland newspaper was legally insane at the time of the shooting.
Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Michael Wachs made the ruling Wednesday, before jury selection was scheduled to begin in the second phase of the trial of Jarrod Ramos.
Attorneys for Ramos asked for the postponement, after Judge Laura Ripken denied their request to preclude or limit testimony from some experts that prosecutors intend to call.
Prosecutors say the experts will be called to rebut the defense's contention that Ramos should be found not criminally responsible for the shootings.
It's unclear when the trial will be rescheduled.
