OPINION
PER CURIAM:
Appellant stands convicted by jury of second degree murder. At the conclusion of trial, before defining the defense of self-defense, the court instructed: "The burden of proving circumstances which justify or excuse the killing of another is upon the defendant, but the defendant need not prove such circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt." Appellant contends that, in light of Mullaney v. Wilbur,
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