In support of his justification defense, defendant asserted, among other things, that he believed the deceased to be a member of the Bloods gang, and that three other Bloods had stabbed him approximately three weeks before the incident at issue. The court, which permitted defendant to give extensive testimony about the stabbing and how it affected his state of mind at the time he shot the deceased (compare People v Douglas,
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