Competency hearing scheduled for Smithfield man charged with murder

Police outside Shane Hallstrom's home at 160 South 380 East in Smithfield. 

LOGAN — A competency hearing has been set for Shane Hallstrom, the 25-year-old Smithfield man accused of killing his father on April 28.

Hallstrom appeared in 1st District Court Monday afternoon. His public defender, Bryan Galloway, said Hallstrom had received two evaluations that the court had previously requested. The details of the reports were not discussed.

Galloway explained it would be best to present the findings of those mental evaluations in a hearing, where the two doctors will be able to explain their conclusions of whether or not Hallstrom is competent to stand trial.

State attorney Tony Baird agreed with Galloway before Judge Kevin Allen scheduled the competency hearing for August 9.

Hallstrom has been in the Cache County Jail since being arrested outside his Smithfield home on the night of the incident. He has been charged with 1st degree murder in the stabbing of Calvin L. Hallstrom.

Calvin was found lying at the entrance of the driveway, unconscious and bleeding heavily from the neck when officers and deputies were called to the home near 158 S. 380 E. He was transported to Cache Valley Hospital by ambulance where he was later pronounced dead. Shane was found kneeling near Calvin’s body. He was subdued and unwilling to speak to investigators.

Officers later searched the home and found a three-inch long paring knife believed to be the murder weapon.

Hallstrom remains in jail and is being held without bail.

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