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Eugene

(61,807 posts)
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 04:53 PM Mar 2016

Driver in Fatal Vegas Strip Crash Going to Mental Hospital

Source: Associated Press

A judge decided Friday there won't be a trial anytime soon for a 25-year-old woman accused of killing one pedestrian and injuring at least 34 others from several states by intentionally driving a car onto a crowded Las Vegas Strip sidewalk.

Lakeisha Nicole Holloway argued with Clark County District Court Judge David Barker, said she didn't trust the public defenders handling her case, and muttered to herself while Barker ordered her sent to a state mental hospital for observation and treatment.

The judge noted that one doctor found Holloway was unable to assist in her defense, and she refused a second evaluation.

"Excuse me sir. I don't need mental health assessment," Holloway said as she stood in shackles with a uniformed court officer at her side. "That's absolutely a mess. They're trying to cover something. That's not cool."

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/driver-fatal-vegas-strip-crash-mental-hospital-37586989



By KEN RITTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS — Mar 11, 2016, 3:40 PM ET
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Driver in Fatal Vegas Strip Crash Going to Mental Hospital (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2016 OP
faking insanity keithbvadu2 Mar 2016 #1
Faking it? She had no motive for what she did!! Yo_Mama Mar 2016 #2

keithbvadu2

(36,655 posts)
1. faking insanity
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 07:21 PM
Mar 2016
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=broadmoor+fake+insanity+tony

'Tony' faked insanity to get out of a 5 to 7 year jail sentence.
They sent him to a mental institution.
He has been there for 12 years and still cannot 'prove' that he is not insane.

Ooooooooooops!
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Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)
2. Faking it? She had no motive for what she did!!
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 07:26 PM
Mar 2016

I always assumed the woman did have mental problems!

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