Legal Opinion
State v. Jacobson
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided December 21, 2017No. 1 CA-CR 16-0838PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Judge:
¶ 1 Susan Jacobson appeals her conviction and sentence for first-degree murder. Jacobson argues the trial court erred when it precluded two experts from testifying she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a "cold" expert from testifying about the general hormonal effects of pregnancy. We hold the PTSD diagnoses and "cold" expert testimony were properly excluded and affirm the trial court's decisions.
FACTS2 AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2 Late in the night of February 25, 2015, Jacobson fatally shot her live-in boyfriend, Marvin J., in the head while he was lying in…
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