DATE=1/20/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-225560
TITLE=KACZYNSKI COMPETENT(L)
BYLINE=MIKE O'SULLIVAN
DATELINE=LOS ANGELES
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  THE MAN ACCUSED OF BEING THE SO-CALLED UNABOMBER IS 
COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL.  BOTH PROSECUTORS AND DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
FOR THEODORE KACZYNSKI AGREE WITH THAT FINDING OF A 
COURT-APPOINTED PSYCHIATRIST.  BUT THE QUESTION OF WHO WILL 
REPRESENT MR. KACZINSKI IS STILL UNRESOLVED, AS WE HEAR FROM MIKE
O'SULLIVAN IN V-O-A'S WEST COAST BUREAU.

TEXT:  DEFENSE ATTORNEYS AND PROSECUTORS SAY THEY ACCEPT THE 
CONCLUSIONS OF A 47-PAGE PSYCHIATRIC REPORT THAT MR. KACZYNSKI 
CAN UNDERSTAND COURT PROCEEDINGS AND ASSIST IN HIS DEFENSE.  U.S.
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE GARLAND BURRELL HAD ORDERED THE EXAMINATION 
AFTER MR. KACZYNSKI ASKED TO ACT AS HIS OWN ATTORNEY.  IT ALSO 
FOLLOWED A FAILED SUICIDE ATTEMPT.

MR. KACZYNSKI IS ACCUSED OF WAGING A BOMBING CAMPAIGN OVER 17 
YEARS THAT KILLED THREE PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN 
OTHERS.  THE FORMER MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR IS CHARGED IN THE 
CURRENT TRIAL WITH INJURING TWO SCIENTISTS AND KILLING TWO MEN.  
HIS DEFENSE TEAM WANTS TO RAISE THE ISSUE OF MR. KACZYNSKI'S 
MENTAL STATE, WHICH HE OPPOSES.

THE TRIAL HAS BEEN DELAYED FOR TWO WEEKS, AND JUDGE BURRELL WILL 
DECIDE THURSDAY MORNING WHO WILL REPRESENT MR. KACZYNSKI-- THE 
DEFENDANT HIMSELF, HIS CURRENT LAWYERS OR NEW ATTORNEYS.  THE 
JUDGE SAYS HE MAY REQUIRE MR. KACZYNSKI TO HONOR AN AGREEMENT TO 
RETAIN HIS CURRENT LAWYERS IF THEY PROMISE NOT TO QUESTION HIS 
MENTAL STATE IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE TRIAL.

MR. KACZYNSKI HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM A "SUICIDE WATCH" AND 
RETURNED TO A NORMAL JAIL CELL AFTER PSYCHIATRISTS FOUND THAT HE 
IS NOT LONGER A DANGER TO HIMSELF. (SIGNED)



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