Judge rules Okla. doctor with bipolar disorder competent to be tried for stabbing son to death
By APTuesday, January 19, 2010
Okla. doctor competent to be tried in son’s death
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma judge has ruled a doctor diagnosed with bipolar disorder who is accused of fatally stabbing his 9-year-old son is competent to stand trial on a first-degree murder charge.
The judge’s Tuesday ruling didn’t address whether Dr. Stephen Paul Wolf was legally insane when he allegedly attacked his son, Tommy.
Wolf was arrested Nov. 16 after a police officer found him in the family’s suburban Oklahoma City home, hovering over his son, who had two knives stuck in his chest. The officer heard Wolf say: “You know he’s got the devil in him.”
A state psychologist reported Wolf understands the charge against him. Wolf was diagnosed before his arrest with bipolar disorder and told the judge he is taking a variety of prescription drugs.
