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Nov 29, 2007 11:03 pm US/Pacific

SF Elie Wiesel Attack Suspect Enters Insanity Plea

 CBS 5 CrimeWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― The New Jersey man accused of stalking Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel and dragging him off a hotel elevator changed his plea Thursday back to not guilty by reason of insanity, prosecutors said.

Eric Hunt entered the new plea to charges of attempted kidnapping, false imprisonment, battery, stalking, elder abuse and hate crimes stemming from the incident at San Francisco's Argent Hotel.

If convicted of all the felony charges, Hunt could face seven years in prison and a $10,000 fine, prosecutors said.

Hunt, who is 23 and has been jailed in a psychiatric unit since his February arrest, dropped his original insanity plea and simply pleaded not guilty this summer as his defense lawyer tried unsuccessfully to get the case moved to a court for mentally ill offenders.

His felony trial has been scheduled for March 21.

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