FAYETTE COUNTY — A November jury trial date has been set in Fayette County court for a 70-year-old Mulberry Grove man recently found mentally fit to stand trial for the 2017 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.

Bright is now scheduled to stand trial starting November 18, with a final pretrial date scheduled for October 29.