LOCKEMY, J.:
Charles Q. Jackson appeals his conviction and thirty-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime, arguing the trial court erred in excluding evidence of his knowledge of the decedent's violent history and in refusing to charge the jury on self-defense. We affirm the trial court's exclusion of evidence but reverse its refusal to charge the jury on self-defense.
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