Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. No issues have been raised with respect to the fact findings.
The defendant presented a justification defense; it was his claim that he believed that the victim had been hired to kill him and that, at the time of the stabbing, the victim had been reaching for a gun. The defendant offered to have a witness testify that she had heard the defendant being told that someone had been hired to burn his car; this testimony...
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