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   The nurse facing murder charges for the fiery Los Angeles crash   
   that killed five and an unborn child was in the midst of a   
   “frightening” mental health crisis and may have lost   
   consciousness at the time of the crash, according to court   
   documents filed Wednesday.   
      
   The filings describe Nicole Linton’s four-year struggle with   
   bipolar disorder and a determination by doctors that the nurse   
   had an “apparent lapse of consciousness” at the time of the   
   crash.   
      
   “Mental incapacitation and unconsciousness are, of course,   
   complete defenses to crimes under California law,” Linton’s   
   attorneys note.   
      
   The filings also revealed that a fully naked Linton FaceTimed   
   her sister during her lunch break, which she was driving back   
   from when she caused the deadly wreck.   
      
   Linton, a 37-year-old traveling nurse from Houston is accused of   
   traveling nearly 90 mph when the car she was driving blew   
   through a stoplight on Aug. 4 and struck at least five other   
   cars, setting at least three on fire.   
      
   Asherey Ryan, who was pregnant, died in the crash, as did her 11-   
   month-old son Allonzo, and her boyfriend Reynold Lester. The   
   family was reportedly heading to a prenatal checkup at the time   
   of the collision.   
      
   The filings do not go into great detail regarding Linton’s   
   struggles with bipolar disorder, save to dispute a prosecutorial   
   claim that she had a history of “jumping on police cars” and   
   “jumping out of windows.”   
      
   The defense argued each of these happened only once, and — with   
   an attached affidavit from Linton’s sister describing a 2019   
   manic episode — said the window in question was on the ground   
   floor.   
      
   Linton’s defense also pushed back on early reports that Linton   
   had had a long history of motor vehicle accidents and a claim by   
   prosecutors that Linton had totaled two cars in a 2020 crash.   
      
   Her attorneys Wednesday said those reports were false.   
      
   “A fifty-state comprehensive search of insurance records reveals   
   that Ms. Linton has no such history,” Linton’s lawyers wrote.   
   “In fact, Ms. Linton was determined to be at fault in only three   
   prior collisions, the most recent of which occurring in 2014.”   
      
   “As for the 2020 collision offered to the Court in support of   
   preventive detention, the claim against Ms. Linton was   
   effectively withdrawn, being settled for $0,” the attorneys   
   continued. “Photos of the damage to the so-called ‘totaled’   
   vehicles involved are not the least bit indicative of speeding   
   or reckless driving.”   
      
   The filing, in advance of an expected Wednesday hearing, seeks   
   to have Linton released to the custody of a mental health   
   facility.   
      
   Linton appeared in court on Wednesday but the judge decided to   
   continue the hearing to Sept. 12 to allow prosecutors time to   
   respond to Linton’s bail motion. The former nurse remains at the   
   Downtown Los Angeles Twin Towers Correctional Facility under a   
   “no bail” hold.   
      
   “Specifically, Ms. Linton would be most appropriately housed in   
   a mental health treatment facility where she can be monitored   
   and treated for her illness under conditions that would   
   significantly mitigate any risk to the public and the integrity   
   of the proceedings before the Court,” her attorneys wrote. “She   
   has no criminal record and no history of reckless driving,   
   harming others, or disobeying court orders.”   
      
   Additional reporting by Marjorie Hernandez   
      
   Comments:   
      
   Mo L   
   1 day ago   
      
   There are still photos online that captured the image of a   
   Mercedes just before it entered the intersection and crashed.   
   There is clearly something protruding out of and above the   
   driver's side window that looks like possibly a stick with   
   something on the end. How would that evidence square with "loss   
   of consciousness?"   
      
      
   BxIrishCath   
   1 day ago   
      
   If she had a known medical condition that causes loss of   
   consciousness she shouldn’t have been driving in the first   
   place. Her actions were preventable she needs to face the   
   consequences.   
      
   lenkD.   
   15 hours ago   
      
   Plus, how could she be let to work as nurse?   
      
      
   Gennie   
   3 hours ago   
      
   EXCATLY that makes no sense   
      
   https://nypost.com/2022/08/31/nicole-linton-may-have-lost-   
      
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