Supreme Court: 'Warrior gene' defense is unreliable : vimarsana.com

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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.

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