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inlawrev-3386	Kleiss, Mary K.	A New Understanding of Specific Act Evidence in Homicide Cases Where the Accused Claims Self-Defense: Striking the Proper Balance Between Competing Policy Goals	1999	30	.pdf	application/pdf	14644	803	59	* B. Specific Act Evidence and the Initial Aggressor Theory Under the Federal Rules Under the Federal Rules ofEvidence, the accused is not allowed to prove the decedent was the initial aggressor by introducing character evidence in the form of specific act evidence to show that the decedent acted in conformity with his violent character trait during the incident. In such situations, without the benefit of specific character evidence, the accused can only tell her side of the story and hope that the jury believes her.	cache/inlawrev-3386.pdf	txt/inlawrev-3386.txt