QUILLIAN, Presiding Judge.
Indicted for murder, defendant appeals his conviction of the lesser offense of involuntary manslaughter. Held:
1. We reverse. The trial court erred in failing to give defendant's requested charge that where evidence of self-defense is presented the state has the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not act in self-defense. Self-defense was raised by defendant's testimony and his pretrial statement...
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