BENTON, Judge.
Thomas Edward Bruce was convicted by a jury of second degree murder and use of a sawed-off shotgun in the commission of murder. He contends that the trial judge erred: (1) in instructing the jury that, as a matter of law, the weapon used was a sawed-off shotgun; and (2) in refusing to consider a reduction in the jury's recommended sentence. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the convictions and remand for a new trial.
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