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\n\tThe man accused of fatally shooting Robin Kaye, a longtime American Idol<\/a><\/em> music supervisor, and her husband, the musician Thomas Deluca, inside their Los Angeles home last July, was declared incompetent to stand trial on Friday. A Los Angeles judge ordered him committed to a state hospital for mental health treatment.<\/p>\n \n\tThe ruling followed a procedural reversal last month, when the judge initially reached the same conclusion but later withdrew it, saying she wanted to see the defendant, Raymond Boodarian, in person. Boodarian had refused transportation to the Nov. 13 hearing, prompting the judge to make a preliminary finding in his absence before reversing it later that day. Boodarian refused transportation to court again on Friday, leading the same judge to reinstate her prior ruling.<\/p>\n \n\tSuperior Court Judge Maria Cavalluzzi ordered Boodarian to be \u201ccommitted to the California Department of State Hospitals for treatment to restore competency.\u201d She said a bed would be ready for him on Jan. 16. She set a follow-up status hearing for March 19.<\/p>\n \n\tBefore the ruling Friday, Boodarian\u2019s defense attorney, Nancy Kolocotronis, told the court that her client had stopped communicating with her. The lawyer said she tried to visit with him while positioned outside his cell but was \u201cunable to make meaningful contact.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSo he was non-responsive when you tried to talk to him?\u201d the judge asked. Kolocotronis said yes. \u201cThat\u2019s consistent with him refusing today. He has refused to appear once again,\u201d the judge ruled. She said an involuntary medical order would remain in effect, allowing doctors to medicate Boodarian against his will, if necessary.<\/p>\n \n\tBoodarian, 22, is charged with murdering the couple during a daytime burglary of their Los Angeles house<\/a> in July. During a court appearance in August<\/a>, Boodarian peered through a plexiglass window in a Van Nuys courtroom and did not respond when Judge Martin L. Herscovitz attempted to address him.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cHe does have severe mental health issues,\u201d Ms. Kolocotronis told the court at the time, noting that Boodarian was wearing a suicide-prevention gown. After several unsuccessful attempts to get a response, Judge Herscovitz said for the record that the defendant was \u201cstaring out into space and not responding to the court\u2019s questions.\u201d<\/p>\n