Lawrence v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, a lesser included offense of first-degree murder. At trial, Appellant claimed he was acting in self-defense when he shot the victim. Appellant appealed, arguing that the district court erred in excluding evidence indicating that the victim was under the influence of methamphetamine at the time of the events leading to his death. Specifically, Appellant contended that the evidence was admissible because it was relevant to Appellant’s claim of self-defense. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion when it excluded any reference to methamphetamine use by the shooting victim, as the evidence was not relevant to Appellant’s self-defense claim.
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