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Psychologist Michael P. Brooks deems death row inmate incompetent for execution.

Ralph Menzies, 67, convicted of a 1986 murder, suffers from major neurocognitive disorder.

Utah court to decide on his competency after a Dec. 9-12 hearing.

SALT LAKE CITY — A psychologist issued his clinical opinion Friday that death row inmate Ralph Menzies, who was set to be executed before it got appealed, is incompetent to be executed.

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, was a week away from having his death sentence carried out on Sept. 5 , when the Utah Supreme Court, in a 5-0 decision, ruled that questions about Menzies' competency should have been given a second look in district court.

Menzies, 67, was found guilty of murdering Maurine Hunsaker, a 26-year

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