GOOLSBY, Judge:
The sole issue presented by William D. Chambers in his appeal from convictions for murder and second degree arson is whether the trial judge erred in denying Chambers' request for an instruction to the jury that a guest who kills a person in the person's own home has no duty to retreat before self-defense can be asserted as a defense. Chambers shot and killed Nick Hastings while a guest in Hastings' home, a home Chambers set afire after shooting Hastings...
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