OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — State authorities say an Omaha man convicted of killing four people has faked suicide attempts in an effort to get out of solitary confinement.
But the lawyers for Nikko Jenkins disagreed at a hearing Tuesday, saying only doctors for the prosecution have concluded that Jenkins is faking.
The issue Tuesday was whether Jenkins is competent to face a death penalty hearing. Judge Peter Bataillon will rule later.
If Jenkins is declared competent, Bataillon will set a death-penalty hearing, the fourth time he has done so. Jenkins would then go before a three-judge panel that will decide whether his crimes merit the death penalty.
Jenkins was convicted in 2014 of first-degree murders for shooting four people over a 10-day period in August 2013, within weeks of leaving prison.
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