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Competency Exam Ordered After Nebraska Woman’s Courtroom Rant

judgeshipMADISON, Neb. (AP) — A competency evaluation has been ordered after a courtroom rant by a Norfolk woman charged with trying to burn down a mobile home in Norfolk last October.

27-year-old Cassie Zoubek represented herself Monday at a Madison County District Court hearing on pretrial motions.

Zoubek already has pleaded not guilty to an arson charge, but she told Judge James Kube that she was going to plead guilty to that charge and to one of being a habitual criminal. Zoubek then ranted about what she said was a corrupt court system, including in her wide-ranging comments a reference to the number of tattoos she has.

Madison County Attorney Joe Smith then asked Kube to order a competency evaluation for Zoubek. The judge granted the request.

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