Ruling is in whether teen immigrant is competent for trial in St. Johns officer's death
Virgilio Aguilar Mendez has been ruled incompetent for trial largely due language issues. He's charged in the death of Sgt. Michael Kunovich.
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Virgilio Aguilar Mendez has been ruled incompetent for trial largely due language issues. He's charged in the death of Sgt. Michael Kunovich.
Vergilio Aguilar Mendez, 18, is accused in the the death of a St. Johns County deputy of a cardiac episode following the May arrest.
Virgilio Aguilar Mendez,, 18, speaks little English or even Spanish but is to be tried for resisting an arrest that led to Michael Kunovich's death.
The question is whether Vergilio Mendez, the Mayan migrant controversially charged with manslaughter, is competent to stand trial.