State v. Rule

OPINION

SEDGWICK, Judge.

Appellant George Rule was convicted by a jury of assault in the second degree in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.222 (1982) fol lowing a dispute with a neighbor in which appellant allegedly pointed a gun at the victim. Appellant tried to show at trial that he and the victim had a long-standing feud and that at the time of the incident he was acting in self-defense. He claims on appeal the trial court improperly restricted him from showing the victim committed an act of “terror” against him six years earlier and precluded him from showing other acts prior to that date. He…