LAVORATO, Justice.
This appeal from a conviction of assault with intent to inflict serious injury involves the propriety of the district court's refusal to give a self-defense instruction and to admit evidence of the victim's subsequent violent act. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
On April 18, 1987, Willie Lee Dunson, the defendant, became embroiled in a fight with his live-in girlfriend Lucille...
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