Reversed and remanded.
Mr. JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant, Clarence Christen, was tried by jury, found guilty of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9-1), and thereafter was sentenced to a fixed term of 20 years' imprisonment. On this appeal he has raised several claims of error, and we find that his conviction must be reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial because of the erroneous exclusion of evidence of his intent...
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