NORWIN D. HOUSER, Special Judge.
Richard Glen Harkins was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. His sole point on appeal is that "[t]he trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the issue of self-defense because there was substantial evidence in support thereof."
On a public street in the City of St. Louis at about 2:45 a. m. on June 16, 1972 Michael Short was shot and killed by a shotgun blast. Returning home...
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