THE MAN WHO KILLED FIVE PEOPLE IN ALBUQUERQUE IN ONE DAY NEARLY A DOZEN YEARS AGO IS BACK IN COURT IN THURSDAY. JOHN HYDE GOES BEFORE 2ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE BENJAMIN CHAVEZ FOR A COMPETENCY REVIEW. THE JUDGE IS REVISITING THE FIRST RULING THAT FOUND HYDE INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL FOR THE MURDERS OF TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WORKER BEN LOPEZ, 17 YEAR OLD DAVID FISHER, 22 YEAR OLD GARRETT IVERSEN AND APD OFFICERS MICHAEL KING AND RICHARD SMITH.
HYDE WAS SENTENCED TO A MENTAL INSTITUTION FOR 179 YEARS. IF JUDGE CHAVEZ DEEMS HYDE COMPETENT, HE COULD BE TRIED.
