Judge orders null process and emergency hospitalization steps for Andrew Wilcox after jail staff report severe mental‑health decline

The State Court of Clayton County on July 22 authorized a null process and immediate medical transfer for defendant Andrew Lee Wilcox, 38, after defense counsel and jail staff described a serious deterioration in his mental health. Defense counsel Justin Moore told the court that jail staff had reported Mr. Wilcox "might be catatonic" and urged immediate treatment in a hospital setting. Moore said Wilcox had been in custody since late April and that jail clinicians had requested an expedited transfer. "I would not be comfortable doing it any other way given this condition," Moore said, asking the court to waive Wilcox’s in‑person presence and allow the jail to arrange emergency psychiatric care. Prosecutors and jail staff confirmed plans to have the jail perform a 10‑13 (emergency mental‑health hold) and transport Wilcox to an appropriate medical facility. The court instructed counsel to draft an order that would preserve continuity of custody and allow immediate transfer and said it would sign the order when presented. The court approved an unsecured judicial release for the narrow purpose of facilitating the hospital transfer and directed that the case be no‑prossed once Wilcox arrived at the hospital. The petitioner’s filing notes Wilcox faces battery and simple battery counts on the county docket. The state told the court the victim expressed concern that this episode was an anomaly and did not want contact with Wilcox; the court recorded that the parties asked that Wilcox be released only to a hospital following the 10‑13 process.