Coming Friday: Live video from Mesac Damas’ pretrial conference

Naples Daily News staff

Coming Friday: We will provide a live video stream of Mesac Damas’ pretrial conference starting at 9 a.m. Friday on naplesnews.com.

A hearing, known as a Faretta inquiry, will allow Circuit Judge Fred Hardt — the third judge to oversee Damas’ case — to determine whether Damas is competent to conduct trial proceedings.

Damas is accused of killing his wife and five children in their North Naples home.

Mesac Damas looks around the courtroom during a pretrial hearing in the murder case against him at the Collier County Courthouse on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, in Naples.

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