Defendant, a habitual crack user, was convicted of the murder of his friend and housemate, Donald Simmons, a habitual drinker. Each had been partaking of his particular preferred substance, and Simmons had attacked defendant, who fled to his room. Simmons, wearing a knife on his belt, got a wooden samurai sword from his own room and followed defendant to defendant's room, where defendant subdued and disarmed him and continued to beat him with the sword, fracturing his skull...
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