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those are, those are the side-effects of cte. and he exhibited all those things on the day that this happened. and i don't think that the judge has any, any wiggle room at all. the judg has got to allow him to be examined. there is only a few special neurologist abouts around the country dealing with this and he needs to go to one of those specialists to be evaluated. jon: tad, if you were the prosecutor arguing this case and whether this testimony should be let in, what would you argue? >> well, let's put, let's be clear. a prosecutor's job is to see that justice is done. where a defense attorney's job is to zealously advocate for his client. in this case we've got two issues the first issue is are we even going to examine what these doctors have to say? are we going to listen to them? are we going to let them evaluate mr. brown. clearly as prosecutor if my job to see justice is done i don't really have a huge problem with an evaluation. that doesn't mean i'm signing off on the defense yet but it means i'm willing to listen.
and come in and do a fair evaluation of corwin brown's mental state. jon: rick, thank you. that kind of excuse might seem a little crazy and that is no pun intended but apparently people have used the same defense in the past from football injuries to motorcycle accidents or even ptsd, post-tramatic stress disorder. brain injuries can play a major role in all kinds of criminal cases. will any of that help brown's defense? with us criminal defense attorney duane indicates along with former prosecutor, tad nelson. there is something called tce, that comes from repeated blows to the head. duane, can it make you into a violent person? that is really the question to be decided here, right? >> it is the question. i'll tell you what, his symptoms, what they described happened that day fits the symptoms of cte exactly. it is anger. it is aggression. it is violence and it is suicide.
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groundbreaking case. >> former nfl and college football star corwin brown stands i a accused holding his wife melissa hostage inside their indiana home for seven hours before eventually shooting himself in the stomach and surrending to police. brown is okay and his wife survived. his defense is getting a lot of attention. he claimed brain injuries while sustained playing football are blamed for his behavior now. call it the football defense. the brown family believes he suffers from brain trauma, the same injury that apparently led two former nfl players to eventually commit suicide. according to his attorney corwin brown has been receiving for a brain injury. the judge set a hearing date of january 11th, jon, when the defense team will have to provide prosecutors with a list of doctors they would like to evaluate corwin brown. back to you. jon: they're looking for doctors outside the area, isn't that right? >> that's right. they're looking for doctors who would being impartial