LACONIA — Despite concerns regarding Hassan Sapry's competency raised in court a week ago, jury selection for his trial are moving forward without delay.

Sapry, 27, is accused in the 2019 killing of Wilfred Guzman Sr., age 57 when he died. The case went to trial in 2022, before being halted in August of that year by Belknap Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Leonard, who declared a mistrial. Reports from 2022 indicate Leonard ordered a competency evaluation.

Sapry’s second trial is scheduled following jury selection, which will begin on Monday, Aug. 11.

At the final pre-trial hearing on July 24, defense attorney Mark Sisti — who is representing Sapry — told the court that despite two evaluators having determined Sapry is competent to participate in his own defense, Sisti’s opinion is Sapry

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