Overview
- Prosecutors rested after Cincinnati crash reconstruction expert Mike Flamm testified that Hinton’s Ford accelerated from a stop to nearly 44 mph and made a 69.1‑degree hard left turn before striking Deputy Larry Henderson.
- Flamm told jurors the steering and acceleration looked deliberate and under control and said the movement was not consistent with panicked driving.
- On cross‑examination Flamm acknowledged that a vehicle’s trajectory cannot by itself reveal what a driver was thinking or whether the driver was experiencing mental‑health symptoms.
- For the defense, forensic psychologist Dr. Maria Espinola described factors that could make Hinton vulnerable to psychosis, citing family history of severe mental illness, extensive childhood trauma and a 2023 psychiatric hospitalization.
- Hinton’s father and sister testified that he appeared distraught, confused and not angry after viewing video of his son’s killing, and the trial will continue with Espinola expected to resume and more defense witnesses to follow.