PER CURIAM.
Defendant Carlton Taylor appeals his conviction for second degree murder with a firearm. We reverse because the trial court's erroneous evidentiary rulings deprived Taylor of a fair trial.
Taylor shot and killed Octavio Rivero during a fist-fight between Taylor and his friends, and Rivero and his friends. At trial, Taylor claimed that he fired the gun in self-defense and in defense of his friend, because Demal Cheecks, one of Rivero's friends,...
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