VISTA — A forensic psychiatrist has concluded that Malcolm Pope, who has been accused of murdering his mother at her Vista home, is not mentally competent to stand trial, with the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office pushing for additional analysis.
The findings of the report by Dr. Michael Takamura, an expert who has assisted in various evaluations for criminal cases in San Diego County, were shared in court at the San Diego Central Courthouse on Monday.
Pope, 27, has been in custody since April and is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of his mother, Mireya Pope. He has pleaded not guilty…