In re Justin L.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ‘‘[t]he consti- tutional right to present a defense does not include the right to introduce any and all evidence claimed to support it’’
• claim of improper exclusion of evidence of victim’s convictions not constitutional in nature when jury heard testimony that, if credited, would support theory of self-defense
• in homicide or assault prosecution where defendant claims self-defense, defendant may introduce victim's convictions for crimes of violence to show that victim was first aggressor
• claim of improper exclusion of evidence of victim’s convictions not consti- tutional in nature when jury heard testimony that, if credited, would support theory of self-defense
• \we cannot say that a subsequent act of violence . . . could never be probative of whether the victim acted in conformity with that conduct during the charged incident\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).