The defense and prosecuting attorneys of a former Ball State student who police say faked having cancer have not yet decided whether the court should appoint a psychiatrist to the case.
Brookelyn Walters, 25, of Culver was charged last fall with three counts of forgery and two counts of theft.
Randy Hyman, dean of students, said Walters told the school in 2000 that she had cancer and was deaf. The school learned last year that neither was true, he said.
Walters was released on bail in late October 2003.
In a status conference in Delaware County Circuit Court 1 on Monday, prosecuting attorney J.A. Cummins and Jay Hirschauer, Walter's attorney, said they have been exchanging information but have not considered anything.
"I think we'll be able to resolve this case without need for a trial at this point," Cummins said.
Neither Walters nor Hirschauer attended the pretrial hearing held on Aug. 2. Walters, however, will have one more opportunity to plead guilty during a final pretrial conference Nov. 4, Judge Marianne L. Vorhees said. The trial has been set for Nov. 15.
Hyman said he learned last year that Walters had also forged doctors' notes and used a school-appointed interpreter.
Kappa Delta sorority and Delta Chi fraternity also sponsored a hog roast, raising $1,000 to $1,500 to help with the bone marrow transplant she told them she needed.
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