LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A judge says a 42-year-old Lincoln man who twice was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial in his wife’s slaying is now competent.

Kent Burklund is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 41-year-old Bettina Burklund. She was found dead in the couple’s home in April 2014.

Retired Judge Jeffre Cheuvront (shehv-ROHNT’) made the ruling Wednesday, based on an April 30 report by a doctor at the state psychiatric hospital in Lincoln. A trial date has not been scheduled.

Another judge ruled in August last year and again in February this year that Kent Burklund was incompetent for trial. But that judge also said a doctor at the state hospital reported there was a substantial likelihood that Burklund’s competency could be restored.