Complex sentence: He appeared in court again on December 23, and asserted his desire to act as his own attorney in the criminal case against him; the judge ordered a mental competency evaluation to assess whether Dear is sufficiently competent to exercise his right to do so.
Split into simpler sentences: He appeared in court again on December 23, and asserted his desire to act as his own attorney in the criminal case against him. The judge ordered a mental competency evaluation to assess whether Dear is sufficiently competent to exercise his right to do so.