DALIANIS, J.
The defendant, Ethan Vassar, was convicted by a jury in Superior Court (Lynn, C.J.) of provocation manslaughter for the shooting death of his brother, Nicholas Vassar. See RSA 630:2, I (1996). He appeals, challenging the trial court's instruction to the jury not to consider the justification defenses of self-defense and defense of another and its failure to admit evidence of the brother's prior violent acts. We reverse and remand.
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