PUNTA GORDA — Connor Crumrine is arguing he would like to proceed to trial as quickly as possible.
In a memo to the judge in his case, the 23-year-old alleged killer contradicted the expert who examined him for mental competency to stand trial.
"The doctor's report claims that I have refused to take medication at the jail...I have not been offered medication because I have no mental illness," the memo from Crumrine stated.
Crumrine was arrested Dec. 26 after family members alleged he fatally stabbed his mother Jennifer Crumrine, as well as attacked his two sisters.
One witness told Charlotte County deputies Connor had been "making statements to the family trying to teach them how to get into a fetal position" and referencing "heaven and hell" prior to the attack.
Family members reported Jennifer Crumrine, 54, was planning to bring her son to Charlotte Behavioral Health Care for treatment after hearing his statements.
Connor Crumrine remains incarcerated at Charlotte County Jail without bond as he awaits a trial for charges of second-degree homicide and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Earlier this month, Circuit Court Judge Lisa Porter ordered a mental competency examination for Crumrine to determine if he had the capacity to understand the charges against him and stand trial.
Court records indicate that Crumrine had twice been deemed incapable of either accepting or dismissing court-appointed attorneys for his defense, with the court citing medical concerns.
In his own handwriting, however, Crumrine argues he wants to proceed to trial and stated the expert appointed to evaluate him has inaccurately reported he had medical and psychological issues.
The actual text of the competency examination was not available in court records as of Monday.
Crumrine cited claims he had been hospitalized for suicidal ideation at age 13 and that he received treatment at birth for "low birth weight" as being false assertions from the report.
He also asserts he has been able to take care of himself for "several years" and hold down a job on his own.
"I have to proceed to trial as quickly as possible so that I may return to work," he argued in his memo. "I don't have time to be detained in a medical facility for no reason."
In addition to his handwritten memo, Crumrine has also made pro se motions to have the expert produced for examination and to have an alleged "factually false" report excluded from being entered into the case record.
The competency report is due to Porter by May 20, with a hearing to determine mental competency in Crumrine's case scheduled for May 22.
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