BOWEN, Judge.
The defendant was indicted for the first degree murder of Ronnie Tippins by stabbing him with a knife. A jury convicted him of murder in the second degree and fixed punishment at ten years' imprisonment. Two issues are raised on appeal.
I
Initially the defendant contends that the trial judge's instructions to the jury on the presumption of malice from the use of a deadly weapon unconstitutionally shifted the burden of proving the element...
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