Defense lawyers for Darnell Jones have formally announced his intent to assert a mental-illness claim that would disqualify him from any death sentence arising from the alleged murder of Kei’mani Latigue.

The brief notice’s filing Monday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court follows by a week an order from Judge Michael Goulding formally appointing Dr. Jonathan Sirkin for any required mental health evaluation.

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Monday’s notice of intent to claim “serious mental illness” triggers that process.

The judge’s order last week directed prosecutors to provide Dr. Sirkin with “all available psychiatric records” for Jones along with any prior forensic reports “together with police reports and records regarding the offenses themselves.”

Jones is charged with four alte

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