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PEOPLE v. HARRIS

Docket No. 107993, Calendar No. 4.

583 N.W.2d 680 (1998)

458 Mich. 310

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry Dale HARRIS, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Susan L. Mladenoff, Prosecuting Attorney, and David J. Wallace, Assistant Prosecutor, Battle Creek, for People in Harris.

State Appellate Defender by Ronald E. Steinberg, Detroit, for defendant Harris.

Norman W. Donker, President, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training and Appeals, Midland, amicus curiae, for the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.

OPINION

MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, Justice.

In this case we granted leave to determine whether the trial court erred in excluding certain character evidence of the victim. We hold that the trial court erred.

I. FACTS

On May 28, 1992, Jerry Harris stabbed to death his long-time friend Wildean Holbrook. Harris claimed the stabbing was accidental, and he relied on three defense theories: intoxication...

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