LEE, Judge.
Defendant was charged with murder. He claimed that he acted in self-defense. There was evidence from which the jury could have found that the decedent had been the initial aggressor and that defendant did act in self-defense. Defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree. ORS 163.118. He appeals from the resulting judgment. We reverse and remand.
At trial, the prosecution called the decedent's work supervisor as a rebuttal witness...
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