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State v. Asaeli

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  • 208 P.3d 1136

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  • trial court improperly admitted ER 404(b) evidence regarding witnesses' belief that defendants were gang members
  • an “excessively forceful response to [a] perceived threat” may provide a basis for jury to reject defendant’s claim of self-defense
  • a prosecutor makes an improper argument by misstating the law of self- defense in a way suggesting that defendant cannot avail himself or herself of the defense because of the misstatement
  • “‘Preponderance of the evidence means that considering all the evidence, the proposition asserted must be more probably true than not.’” (quoting State v. Ginn, 128 Wn. App. 872, 878, 117 P.3d 1155 (2005))
  • noting “the inflammatory nature of gang evidence generally”
  • noting \the inflammatory nature of gang evidence generally\

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Judges: Van Deren

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