KLUSMEIER, J.
On August 10, 1983, defendant-appellant, Thomas E. Carter, was involved in an altercation with another man in the parking lot of a local restaurant. As a result, the defendant was indicted on a charge of felonious assault. At the trial before a jury in the court of common pleas, there was conflicting testimony as to who was the aggressor; the defendant asserted that he acted in self-defense when he swung his belt, striking the other man in the head with...
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