State v. Ruane

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• holding that corroborative proof that the vic tim was the init ial agg ress or is outside the scope of Tenn. R. Evid. 40 4(a)(2
• holding that the trial court’s failure to instruct jury regarding voluntary manslaughter required reversal even where there was only slight evidence of provocation
• holding that factor (10) may be applied when someone besides the victim is present and at risk
• recognizing intervening cause as a defense to homicide when such intervening cause is not the natural result of defendan t’s act
• holding specific acts of violence by the victim are admissible to corroborate the defendant’s assertion that the victim was the first aggressor
• suggesting that defendant’s desired use of witness testimony to prove first aggression amounts to character evidence of the victim’s propensity for violence and is thus subject to evidentiary limitations set forth in Tenn. R. Evid. 404 and 405

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