Doctors Say Scissors Stabbing Defendant is Feigning Mental Competence - DC Witness

Doctors Say Scissors Stabbing Defendant is Feigning Mental Competence - DC Witness

DC Superior Court Judge Deborah Israel told a stabbing defendant on July 21 that doctors had determined he was malingering, namely faking, the appearance of mental incompetence. Chauncey Liverpool, 33, is charged with assault with significant bodily injury while armed and  assault with a dangerous weapon. The charges stem from a Sept. 9, 2025 incident on the 4000 block of 3rd Street, SE, in which prosecutors allege Liverpool stabbed a friend twi…