A defense attorney says that violent video games may have helped set the stage for a murder in Klamath Falls.
Today opening arguments were heard in the trial of twenty-year-old Patrick Morris.
Morris is charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Diego Aguilar. Aguilar, died after being shot five times with a twelve-gauge shotgun.
According to the prosecutor Morris was angry and intended to kill Aguilar after he discovered the diamond he had received in a trade for hallucinogenic mushrooms was a fake.
The attorney for the defense says that violent video games such as 'Mortal Kombat' and 'Grand Theft Auto' may have blurred Morris' ability to distinguish reality and the consequences of his actions.
The non-jury trial is taking place in the courtroom of judge Marci Adkisson, and is expected to last about four days.
