BANKE, Judge.
The appellant was indicted for murder and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. On appeal, he contends that the court erred in failing to charge the jury on self-defense and accident.
The appellant shot the victim in the chest with a pistol. Testifying in his own behalf at trial, he described the incident as follows: "We knocked [the pistol] around a couple of times on the ground. I grabbed the end of the gun, the handle part. Jap [the victim...
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