State v. Head

¶ 26. (dissenting). This case involves the exclusion of testimony regarding two types of conduct: (1) prior specific threats and acts of violence by Harold (the victim) against Debra (the defendant who attempted to raise self-defense to a charge of first-degree intentional homicide); and (2) prior specific threats and acts of violence by Harold against others. The circuit court and the majority opinion lump both types of testimony together as McMorris1 evidence and utilize neither type of conduct when analyzing whether Debra sufficiently raised the issue of self-defense to have the jury…