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Defendant's Experts Not Allowed to Testify on Mental Condition Mitigating Crime
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The defendant's experts were not allowed to testify that the defendant's mental condition could mitigate the defendant's crime from second-degree murder to manslaughter. The defendant's psychological background, including abuse, chemical dependency, and mental faculties, could have indicated he acted out of sudden passion, but the request to change the plea from not guilty to not guilty by reason of insanity was denied.

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