BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A trial for a man accused of fatally stabbing an acquaintance at a Bismarck apartment last year has been postponed.
A two-week trial was to begin Monday for Morris Pederson. The Bismarck Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/2sjpa2c ) Pederson’s attorney said in court documents that new information called into question his mental health and a possible defense that hadn’t yet been explored.
A new trial date wasn’t immediately set.
Pederson is accused of killing Greg Comes at Patterson Place, an assisted living and low-income apartment building. Police say Pederson and Comes met at Ruth Meiers Hospitality House, a homeless shelter.
Police identified Pederson as a suspect after he walked from the apartment complex to the Burleigh County Courthouse in a blood-stained shirt and asked sheriff’s deputies to help Comes, who was dead.
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Information from: Bismarck Tribune, https://www.bismarcktribune.com
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