Woman and alter ego "Jimmy" testify in bank robbery trial

[matcom]

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FREEHOLD -- As Nira Nevins was questioned yesterday during her trial for armed robbery about the alternate personalities she says inhabit her mind, she described the hats worn by one of her child personalities.

Her attorney, Paul Edinger, then produced a black hat in court and asked the 54-year-old gray-haired woman, who walks with a cane, to examine it carefully.

He asked her who the hat belonged to.

"It's my hat," Nevins responded in a nasal, high, childlike voice in deep contrast to the defeated and flat tone she had previously used to answer questions.

Edinger then asked her who she was.

"I'm Jimmy," she animatedly responded, while fidgeting with the hat.

"Jimmy," who said he was a child of 8, maybe 9 years old, then described for the jury how he had robbed a Community Bank of New Jersey branch in Shrewsbury on March 20, 2002. Through tears that evolved into a crying fit, he said he believed that if he could get money to buy medicine for Nevins, she would no longer wish to kill herself -- and the personalities who periodically took control of her.

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[nuxvomica]

1. Hmmm. I used to be skeptical of MPD cases

But when I read about the case where some personalities had diabetes and others didn't, I decided there might be something to it. This is certainly a tricky legal situation.

[underpants]

2. Sometimes I put on a baseballhat and pretend I am Johnny Bench

Sounds like this woman has some real issues, she needs treatment and not a jail cell. I could go off on NGRI (Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity) but suffice it to say that that is the WORST possible sentence you can get-it never ends.