FAYETTE COUNTY — A Fayette County judge has found a 70-year-old Mulberry Grove man mentally fit to stand trial for the murder of a Brownstown man.

David Leroy Bright is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting James Skinner to death in his Brownstown home in September 2017.

A jury trial date was vacated earlier this year following a motion by defense counsel to have Bright evaluated by a mental health professional.

Bright had previously waived his right to have a jury decide if the results of the evaluation found him mentally fit, or unfit to stand trial and instead have a judge make the decision.

Following a bench trial Thursday on the matter of Bright’s mental fitness, Judge Don Sheafor took the issue under advisement and on Friday ruled the defendant fit to stand trial or plead. The case is next scheduled for a July 29 status hearing.