State v. Basque

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• holding that “the court abused its discretion when it flatly prohibited [the defendant] from ... eliciting evidence of[ ] the criminal history of the deceased” where the defendant argued that he acted in “self-defense”
• holding that \the court abused its discretion when it flatly prohibited [the defendant] from ... eliciting evidence of[ ] the criminal history of the deceased\ where the defendant argued that he acted in \self-defense\
• holding specific instances of victim’s aggression are admissible to corroborate defendant’s claim that victim was the aggressor
• noting that the Lui rule regarding the use of a victim's criminal record to establish who was the first aggressor was later codified as HRE Rule 404(a)(2)
• noting that the Lui rule regarding the use of a victim's prior violent acts to establish who was the first aggressor was later codified as HRE Rule 404(a)(2)
• citations and internal quotation marks omitted; brackets and emphasis in the original

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