Release sought for man held in Tulsa mail-carrier slaying

Tuesday, March 9th 2004, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

(Denver-AP) -- An attorney says a man who killed a Tulsa mail carrier worker should be released from federal custody because a mental disorder that prompted the killing was temporary.

Jason Weed was found innocent on an insanity defense in the December 2001 killing. He's being held in a federal hospital.

Assistant federal public defender Barry Derryberry says Weed shows no symptoms of the psychotic episode he had when he shot Robert Jenkins.

Derryberry today asked the Tenth U-S Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver to release Weed because he is no longer a risk to people or property.

Prosecutor Kevin Danielson says Weed's own psychologist determined Weed had an underlying mental defect that caused the psychotic episode.

The prosecutor says there is still a risk of Weed having another episode.