State v. Hodges
Annotate this CaseThe court granted certiorari to the court of appeals to consider whether that court erred in holding that defendant should have been allowed to present evidence in support of his justification defense about a previous incident of violence allegedly committed by the victim against third parties, where defendant claimed that he had heard of the previous incident but did not witness it or have any other evidence in support of the claim. The court held that the trial court correctly refused to allow defendant to testify about the unsupported alleged violent incident involving the victim and third parties. Accordingly, the court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals.
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