Conviction Overturned In Navajo Nation Murder Case

A federal appeals court has overturned a Gallup, New Mexico man’s first-degree murder conviction in a 2016 homicide, ruling the defendant should have been allowed to present evidence that the man killed had used methamphetamine before a fatal fight.
…A federal appeals court has overturned a Gallup, New Mexico man’s first-degree murder conviction in a 2016 homicide, ruling the defendant should have been allowed to present evidence that the man killed had used methamphetamine before a fatal fight.
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