Defendant to Judge Sweeney: 'Good luck' getting me to take another psych evaluation

YOUNGSTOWN

Lance Hundley told a judge Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court that he is being forced to take a competency evaluation against his will.

Hundley, 47, who could face the death penalty if convicted of the Nov. 6 murder of Erika Huff, 41, inside her Cleveland Street home, was told by Judge Maureen Sweeney that he had no choice but to cooperate.

“I don’t care what you want,” Judge Sweeney said. “You’re going to do it.”

“Good luck,” a defiant Hundley said. “Good luck, good luck, good luck.”

Hundley is accused of beating Huff to death and also beating her mother and setting the house on fire. Police who responded to an alarm call went inside the home while it was on fire to get Hundley and Huff’s mother out of the house.

Hundley is now on his second team of lawyers.

Read more about the case in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.