STERN, J.
The state takes issue with each of the three grounds for reversal sustained by the Court of Appeals. No cross appeal was taken by the defendant from that court's overruling of the fourth assignment of error.
I.
The first issue is whether the trial court committed prejudicial error by instructing the jury that the defendant bore the burden of proving his affirmative defense of self-defense by a preponderance of the evidence.
The...
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