Hearing set in 2020 capital murder case
A mental competency hearing scheduled in a Hunt County courtroom this month may determine whether a man charged with killing two sisters in Commerc...
A mental competency hearing scheduled in a Hunt County courtroom this month may determine whether a man charged with killing two sisters in Commerce three years ago will stand trial. An attorney for defendant Jacques Dshawn Smith is seeking to have evidence in the case thrown out, claiming Smith's constitutional rights were violated during an investigation into the murders. Defense counsel Jessica McDonald has argued that Smith is not mentally competent to stand trial in connection with the Feb. 4, 2020, deaths of Abbaney Matts and her sister Deja on the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus.