Fears' guilty sentence changed; ordered to state forensic center
by Monica Keen, Staff Writer
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On Thursday, Daniel Hawke Fears was back in the same courtroom where he was sentenced to multiple life prison terms more than two years ago, but this time his conviction was being overturned.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ordered on Jan. 26 that Fears' case be remanded back to Sequoyah County, where Fears' conviction was to be changed to not guilty by reason of insanity and Fears ordered to a mental health facility for examination.

Sequoyah County District Judge Jeff Payton carried out the sentence change and mental health examination order during open court Thursday, as instructed by the appeals court. Fears will now head to the Oklahoma Forensic Center in Vinita for evaluation.

Payton set a hearing to be held at 1:30 p.m. March 15 in Sequoyah County in order for the court to review the findings of the mental health professionals and determine if Fears should remain in the mental health facility.

For a complete news report, see the Feb. 4 edition of Your TIMES.
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