Bowden v. State

|TIn 2013, appellant Tommy Bowden was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder of his mother and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. On appeal, appellant did not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. Instead, he argued that the trial court erred in granting the State’s motion in limine and excluding the testimony of Dr. Bradley Diner, a psychiatrist. Appellant contended that'Dr. Diner’s testimony that he had a mental disease or defect should have been allowed as relevant in determining the occurrence of an “extreme emotional disturbance,” as referenced in the statutory…