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Prisoner Murder Conviction Reversed to Consider Hallucination Defense

California's Fifth District Court of Appeal held evidence of a
hallucination may be admitted to negate premeditation and deliberation of
first degree murder to second degree murder, but not to mitigate murder to
voluntary manslaughter. This case involved a murder at California's State
Prison. After a morning count, guards found ...

 

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