LEHAN, Acting Chief Judge.
The state appeals from the trial court's downward departure from the sentence recommended by the sentencing guidelines upon defendant's conviction for second-degree murder. Defendant cross-appeals his conviction. The conviction arose from defendant having shot the victim who, according to defendant's evidence, had advanced upon defendant with a hammer and threatened to kill him. Prior to the shooting the victim had smashed the windshield...
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