Kario Salem: Mr. Spera

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• Mr. Spera : Linda, I'd like you to describe the events that took place in the 1st April 1994, please.

  Linda Ruland : My father woke me up at 6 o'clock in the morning. Who's standing next to my bed with the private detective, and he told me that he would take me down to the Center for Evaluation.

  Mr. Spera : Did they in fact do so?

  Linda Ruland : Yes. They took me by force to Wayside Psychiatric, and I've been there ever since.

  Mr. Spera : Linda, you ever attempted suicide?

  Linda Ruland : No.

  Mr. Spera : You ever deliberately trying to hurt yourself in any way?

  Linda Ruland : Nope.

  Mr. Spera : You were deliberately seek to hurt anyone else?

  Linda Ruland : I-I stood up for myself in the fight, but I never attacked anybody.

  Mr. Spera : You have a boyfriend?

  Linda Ruland : Yes, I do.

  Mr. Spera : Did you probably get along with him?

  Linda Ruland : No, he doesn't get along with him.

  Mr. Spera : In your opinion, why is that?

  Linda Ruland : He doesn't get along with him because he's black. No matter what he says. The truth is that he doesn't like me being with the black guy. And that's why James wasn't welcome in his house. And that's why I'm in a mental hospital.

  Mr. Spera : Thank yo. I have nothing further.

• Jonathan Rollins : To the question, have you ever deliberately hurt yourself? You answered no, isn't that right?

  Linda Ruland : Right.

  Jonathan Rollins : On February 6th of this year, you were taken to the county USC emergency room, were you not?

  Linda Ruland : Yes, I was.

  Jonathan Rollins : What was that?

  Linda Ruland : I took some pills, I shouldn't have taken.

  Jonathan Rollins : You combine said pills with a significant amount of alcohol, did you not?

  Linda Ruland : Yes.

  Jonathan Rollins : Would you call that a deliberate attempt to hurt yourself?

  Linda Ruland : No, I wouldn't. I would call it being a party and, in getting a little wild.

  Jonathan Rollins : I see. What's uh, 40, Mrs. Ruland?

  Linda Ruland : It's bottle malt liquor.

  Jonathan Rollins : It's a 40-ounce bottle malt liquors, isn't it?

  Linda Ruland : That's why they call it in Fort.

  Jonathan Rollins : How many of them do you drink an average day?

  Linda Ruland : I don't know.

  Jonathan Rollins : A ballpark figure more than one less than 10.

  Mr. Spera : Witness said she didn't know.

  Judge Mary Harcourt : Let's move on, Mr. Rollins.