Victor Razumov Jr. gouged out his eyes in two separate incidents in Trenton State Prison , New Jersey in December , his attorney has said . He will now undergo a competency hearing to see if he can stand trial . He is accused of stabbing Virginia Sommer to death inside her Wantage home in November 2012 and then selling her stolen jewelry . The case was the first time that someone had been charged with murder for killing an inmate since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that inmates have no right to counsel during their trials.
Victor Razumov Jr. gouged out his eyes in two separate incidents in Trenton State Prison , New Jersey in December , his attorney has said . He will now undergo a competency hearing to see if he can stand trial . He is accused of stabbing Virginia Sommer to death inside her Wantage home in November 2012 and then selling her stolen jewelry . After his arrest several days later , he was transferred to a state psychiatric hospital and placed under suicide watch .