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The Bad-Behavior Blend

“The one gene, one disease idea is a thing of the past.” Scientists aren’t simply trying to identify people who are innately predisposed to incivility, immorality, or lawlessness. They’re examining how parenting, education, and other life experiences trigger those biological leanings.

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High court rejects 'warrior gene' defense as unreliable

Supreme Court: 'Warrior gene' defense is unreliable

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – The state Supreme Court upheld a murder conviction Friday against a man who claimed a “warrior gene” made him predisposed to impulsive acts of violence. Anthony Yepez In a unanimous decision, justices ruled that a lower court was justified in excluding evidence about a theory that lacks scientific reliability in the conviction of Anthony Blas Yepez by a jury for the death of 75-year-old George Ortiz of Santa Fe in 2012. Defense attorneys say Yepez was incapable of forming the intent to deliberately kill, but expert testimony on the scientific claim was excluded in the pre-trial hearing phase.

'Warrior gene' defense slayed by NM Supreme Court » Albuquerque Journal

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... SANTA FE, N.M. — The man convicted of murdering a 75-year-old Santa Fe man and then burning his body had his “warrior gene” defense rejected yet again by the New Mexico Supreme Court. The New Mexico Supreme Court last week upheld Anthony Blas Yepez’s 22½ year sentence for the murder of George Ortiz in 2012. Yepez was found guilty in 2015 by a Santa Fe jury for second-degree murder, evidence tampering and motor vehicle theft. Yepez, 34, appealed his case on a warrior gene defense that wasn’t allowed into evidence in his original trial by 1st Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer. The judge ruled that there wasn’t any evidence that demonstrates the warrior gene results in a predisposition towards aggressive behavior.

Supreme Court Rejects New Trial For Defendant Who Sought To Introduce Genetic Predisposition To Violence Evidence

Supreme Court Rejects New Trial For Defendant Who Sought To Introduce Genetic Predisposition To Violence Evidence NMSC News: SANTA FE — The New Mexico Supreme Court (NMSC) Thursday upheld the second-degree murder conviction of Anthony Blas Yepez for the death of an elderly Santa Fe man in 2012. In a unanimous decision, the state’s highest court concluded that a trial court judge properly excluded evidence about Yepez’s alleged genetic predisposition to impulsive violence. The justices rejected the defendant’s request for a new trial. Yepez was charged with first-degree murder, but a jury convicted him in 2015 of second-degree murder for the death of 75-year-old George Ortiz, evidence tampering and theft of a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison.