The man accused of fatally stabbing a 29-year-old man on the Atlanta Beltline in August has been found incompetent to stand trial, putting the criminal case against him on hold.
A Fulton County judge ruled that Jonathan Hamby is not mentally competent to stand trial after a doctor determined he is unable to understand court proceedings or assist his attorneys in his own defense.
The ruling means Hamby’s criminal case cannot move forward for now while he goes through a process to determine whether his competency can be restored…