Trial is being delayed for a woman who has been in state psychiatric care for more than seven years after being accused of intentionally plowing a car into pedestrians, killing one, on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk in December 2015.
FILE - Police and emergency crews respond to the scene of an incident on Dec. 20, 2015, along a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk. Trial is being delayed for a woman who has been at state psychiatric facilities for more than seven years after being accused of intentionally plowing a car into pedestrians on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk in December 2015. Paris Paradise Morton told a Nevada judge on Thursday, May 18, 2023, that she wants a different court-appointed attorney.
Morton rejected a plea bargain this week that would avoid trial, which had been scheduled to begin May 30. The judge set a closed-door hearing with Morton next Wednesday to determine if she will get a new lawyer. No new trial date was set. Jessica Valenzuela, 32, a tourist from Buckeye, Arizona, was killed and authorities said at least 35 people from several states, Mexico and Canada were injured.
Morton's daughter, who was 3 years old at the time, was with her in the car during the crash, after which Morton drove to a casino-hotel off the Strip and asked employees to call police. Morton's court-appointed defense attorney, Scott Coffee, has said she no longer has custody of the child.
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