A Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom choose dominated Monday that the nurse charged within the lethal Windsor Hills crash poses a menace to public security and should proceed to be held in jail as her case strikes ahead.
The choice issued by Decide Victoria Wilson got here after Nicole Linton’s attorneys argued that their consumer — who's charged with six counts of homicide — needs to be moved to UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, the place they mentioned she could possibly be additional evaluated for psychological well being points and doable epilepsy.
However Wilson was unconvinced.
“She crashed into and set two automobiles on hearth. She stole six harmless lives,” mentioned Wilson from the bench as Linton hung her head behind a glass partition within the courtroom.
Within the gallery, relations of a few of the victims of the lethal Aug. 4 crash at La Brea and Slauson avenues clapped and cheered the choice to maintain Linton behind bars.
“She killed my grandsons and my daughter. Why would you even defend her?” one girl cried, leaving court docket as protection attorneys made their arguments.
Linton is accused of killing Asherey Ryan, 23; her practically 1-year-old little one, Alonzo Quintero; in addition to Ryan’s fetus. Ryan’s boyfriend, Reynold Lester, additionally was killed within the fiery crash, as had been buddies Nathesia Lewis, 43, and Lynette Noble, 38, each of whom had been in a separate car.
Prosecutors revealed in court docket papers Friday that Linton was touring 130 mph when she blew via a purple gentle on the intersection and slammed into slow-moving visitors heading west on Slauson Avenue.
They argued that Linton might obtain enough medical and psychiatric care in jail, that she had a historical past of aggressive conduct and harmful driving and that she might hurt others if launched. Additionally they mentioned there was no proof to counsel that Linton suffered a lack of consciousness or epileptic seizure whereas driving.
“The suggestion that she’s struggling a scarcity of consciousness, comparable to a seizure, whereas additionally sustaining management of a automobile transferring 130 mph … defies logic,” Deputy Dist. Atty. Antonella Nitorescu mentioned.
Protection attorneys disagreed.
“Ms. Linton is an ailing particular person and needs to be in a hospital,” her lawyer, Halim Dhanidina, mentioned Monday. “That protects the general public.”
Although prosecutors didn't dispute that Linton suffers from psychological well being points, they mentioned she determined to not take her prescribed medication, which might have prevented a manic episode.
Linton had been off her treatment since about 2019, she informed California Freeway Patrol officers following the crash, prosecutors mentioned.
She mentioned she stopped taking it as a result of it made her “acquire weight or grow to be sick or depressed,” the choose mentioned.
Linton is about to be arraigned on the fees in her case Monday afternoon, her lawyer mentioned.
She faces as much as 90 years to life in jail if convicted.
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