In People v. Deverow, the Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for a defendant convicted of murder in the second-degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second-degree arising from the shooting death of a 17-year-old. In a unanimous opinion written by Judge Madeline Singas, the court held that the trial court deprived the defendant of his constitutional right to present a defense by precluding certain evidence offered by the defendant in support of his justification defense.