OPINION
FELIPE REYNA, Justice.
A jury convicted Vernon Joe Johnson of murder and assessed his punishment at sixty years' imprisonment. Johnson contends in two issues that (1) the court erred by denying his request for a self-defense instruction in the charge, and (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. Because the evidence raises the issue of self-defense, we will reverse and remand.
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