Lang
12/20/20
The findings of a court-ordered competency evaluation have been submitted in an Iowa City attempted murder case.
Online records show the evaluation of 34-year-old transient Trell Grant, performed at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center at Oakdale, was submitted to Johnson County District Court on Friday.
Legal proceedings in the case were suspended on December 10th pending the evaluation, which was ordered by judge Andrew Chappell.
Grant is accused of robbing and stabbing a clerk at Delimart on Lower Muscatine Road just before midnight on August 21st. Arrest records indicate Grant entered the store, walked behind the counter and quickly and repeatedly stabbed the clerk with a knife until the clerk opened the cash register drawer. Grant then fled the scene with money from the register, leaving his bag behind.
The victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment of multiple stab wounds and required immediate surgery.
Grant was taken into custody later that day at the Town & Campus Apartments on Arthur Street. He’s charged with Attempted Murder and 1st Degree Robbery.
If convicted on both charges, Grant faces a maximum of 50 years in prison. His next court date has not yet been set.