Bad testimony containing a non-existent show changes insanity to intent?
Texas court agrees to reverse Yates murder verdict - Yahoo! News
Favorite quote: The murder convictions were originally overturned by a lower appeals court in January because of errors in the testimony of an expert witness.
During the trial in 2002, prosecutors’ expert witness Dr. Park Dietz told the jury Yates had patterned the killings on an episode from the television drama “Law & Order,” for which he worked as a consultant.
However, defense lawyers later discovered the episode never existed.
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