Legal representation for Dongwook Ko is asking that his mental evaluations done for charges from a case in Monroe County be considered for his more recent charges that occurred in Clay County.
Ko was charged in December with plotting to kill a list of people while being held in Clay County jail - conspiracy to commit murder does not result in death, which is a level 2 felony.
His lawyer, John Tompkins, requested an evaluation for whether Ko could understand the proceedings and charges brought against him at a Wednesday hearing before Judge Robert Pell.
Last year, Ko pleaded guilty to several charges related to an attack on a girl at a violin camp being held at Indiana University. He was sentenced to eight years of home detention. Ko is a South Korean resident who lived with his mother on a temporary visa, and federal law says a non-U.S. resident convicted of aggravated felony can be deported.
U.S. agents jailed him ahead of deportation at the Clay County Jail, which is an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention Facility. Ko is scheduled to appear for trial June 13.
