BOWEN, Judge.
The appellant was indicted for the first degree murder of Robert Dewayne Waits by shooting him with a rifle. A jury convicted him of second degree murder and fixed punishment at thirty-five years' imprisonment. The only issue presented for review is whether the trial judge erred in refusing to charge the jury on the issue of self-defense.
In brief the appellant maintains that the evidence on the question of self-defense came solely from the statement...
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