Marcus Schrenker: Difference between revisions

{{Update|date=February 2009}}

He is scheduled to go before a Florida federal judge in [[Pensacola]] on January 22, 2009,<ref name="msnbc3">[[MSNBC]] article: "[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28780155/ Video shows Schrenker preparing for flight]".</ref><ref name="bloomberg2" /> where he faces two charges: "knowingly and willfully" causing the U.S. Coast Guard to attempt to save his life and property “when no help was needed,” and illegal destruction of an aircraft.<ref name="bloomberg2" /> He could face 26 years in prison if convicted on both accounts.<ref name="bloomberg2" /> At the hearing on January 29th Schrenker's lawyer, Thomas Keith, has claimed his client is mentally incompetent and requested to the judge that he undergo a mental evaluation.<ref>[[Associated Press]] article: "[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hsET3AfuAoTChx5t6o2BcA9_YMbgD95RS0S00 Lawyer: Man accused of crashing plane incompetent]".</ref> Schrenker remains in custody pending an April 13th trial date ordered by U.S> District Court Judge Roger Vinson.

 

Indiana prosecutors hope to begin his trial in their state as early as April.<ref name="msnbc3" />