State v. David
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The Supreme Court vacated Defendant's conviction for assault in the first degree and remanded this case to the circuit court, holding that the trial court erred in conditioning the admission of evidence on expert testimony.
Defendant killed his cousin, Santhony Albert, but claimed he had acted in self-defense. Defendant was convicted of assault in the first degree, and intermediate court of appeals affirmed. On appeal, Defendant argued that the trial court erred in preventing him from advancing evidence of Albert's blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level unless he called an expert to explain its meaning. The Supreme Court agreed, holding that the trial court erred in conditioning the BAC evidence on expert testimony and violated Defendant's constitutional right to present any and all competent evidence to support his defense.
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