PARKER, Judge.
Defendant contends inter alia that the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on self defense was reversible error. We agree.
It is undisputed that Sheppard was armed with a pistol. The defendant's evidence showed that Sheppard was brandishing this gun and threatening to kill defendant before defendant was himself handed a pistol by his wife. Defendant testified that Sheppard shot first as Doris Ann Dorsey was handing defendant the...
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