4/4/13 - A court hearing was postponed Thursday for the man accused of two dozen random shootings last fall in a four-county area while attorneys arrange further psychiatric testing for him. Raulie Casteel was scheduled to appear this morning for a pre-trial in Oakland County Circuit Court, where he faces 60 charges including attempted murder for shootings in Commerce Township and in Wixom. That hearing was moved out to May 30th after Ann Arbor Attorney Doug Mulkoff informed Judge Denise Langford Morris that heâs working to arrange an independent psychiatric examination for Casteel, who suffers from delusional disorder. He was previously found competent to stand trial following state forensic testing but todayâs adjournment was also requested in part because his defense team is still awaiting the findings of separate evaluations that were previously ordered to determine criminal responsibility. In a separate but related case, the Michigan attorney general's office is prosecuting Casteel on terrorism, attempted murder and other charges in Livingston County, where a pre-trial hearing is scheduled next Friday. Photo courtesy WLNS. (JM)
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