State v. Hennum

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• concluding that years of abuse by victim constituted substantial grounds to mitigate defendant’s culpability
• holding expert testimony explaining battered spouse syndrome admissible when defendant shot her abusive husband while he was sleeping
• holding expert testimony explaining battered spouse syndrome admissible when defendant shot her abusive husband while he was sleeping
• holding that expert testimony regarding battered woman syndrome is admissible
• stating that behavior of domestic violence victims may not, generally, be “within the understanding of an ordinary lay person”
• stating that evidence concerning battered-woman syndrome is generally admissible “since it would help explain a phenomenon not within the understanding of an ordinary 12 This claim was tried to the district court. 20 lay person”

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