MILLER, Presiding Judge.
The defendant, Charles Chapman, appeals his conviction in a jury trial for battery, a Class C felony under IND. CODE 35-42-2-1(3) (1982). Defendant admitted to cutting the victim, Preston "Pete" Pearson, with a knife, but claimed Pearson was the aggressor and the cutting was an act of self-defense. The only issue raised on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in excluding evidence offered by defendant of prior specific acts of violence...
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