At any given time, Judge Shukura Ingram handles about 250 cases involving defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial. That’s in addition to her normal caseload as a superior court judge.
But Ingram said she doesn’t mind putting in the extra effort. In 2023, she and Fulton County’s other superior court judges voted to streamline the way they handle felony cases involving defendants who are severely mentally ill.
Known as the “competency docket,” such cases are now assigned to a single judge who meets regularly with mental health professionals, prosecutors and the defense attorneys representing these clients…