Justice EGAN delivered the opinion of the court:
After a jury convicted the defendant of first degree murder, he was sentenced to 26 years imprisonment. He contends that the second degree murder statute is unconstitutional and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel.
Luther Washington testified that on July 12, 1987, he had engaged in a fist fight with the defendant. During the course of the fight another individual had hit the defendant with a...
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