Appellate Practice
Aug. 26, 2003
Court Rules Out Brain Scan in Murder Case
LOS ANGELES - A controversial brain-imaging test cannot be used to try to show that a 14-year-old boy murdered his mother and 9-year-old sister with a hunting rifle because of years of abuse by his father, an appellate court ruled Friday.
The 4th District Court of Appeal said Paul Yum's attorneys had not shown that the brain scan was "generally accepted ...
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