HILL, Judge.
Defendant first contends that the trial court erred in charging the jury that an intentional killing by means of a deadly weapon raises the inference that such a killing was unlawful and done with malice, even when self-defense is at issue. We find no error.
Defendant contends unlawfulness and malice could not be presumed from a finding of an intentional killing by means of a deadly weapon until after the jury had found the absence of self-defense...
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