The court properly exercised its discretion when it precluded defendant from introducing evidence that an open knife had been removed from the victim's pocket when he was brought to a hospital. No witness testified that the victim had a knife at any point in the chain of events, and nothing in the circumstances of the case provided a reasonable basis on which to infer that the victim displayed or used a knife in any manner prior to being stabbed. Accordingly, there was no...
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