Court petition filed to determine capacity of Robert Goolsby in officer-involved shooting case
The 70-year-old Sarasota resident who advanced on a Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deputy with a knife on Nov. 4, resulting in the deputy’s shooting the man, entered a plea of “Not Guilty” with the 12th Judicial Circuit Court, waived his arraignment and demanded a jury trial, The Sarasota News Leader has learned.
Assistant Public Defender Claudia Rojas Sousa filed those documents with the court. Robert Glenn Goolsby, of 5050 Central Sarasota Parkway, Apt. 108, was charged with Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer with intent to kill, court records show.
However, on Nov. 18, the News Leader read in other court records, a formal petition was filed to determine Goolsby’s capacity to face the charge.\…