A Helena man convicted of raping, kidnapping and assaulting a woman in 2019 had the rape charge dismissed after the state Supreme Court determined the jury may have been swayed by “inadmissible statistical evidence.” Jorel Quiroz argued that his defense failed to object to testimony that had no plausible justification and biased the jury against him, according to a judgment filed recently [May 23] in Lewis and Clark County. The other convictions of aggravated kidnapping and assault were stayed. All sentencings from the three cases will run concurrently.
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