SOURIS, J.
Appellant Pearce and a man named Gross were charged with murder. They were tried together and convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree. The proofs conclusively established that Gross wielded the death knife. On appeal, leave having been granted, Pearce claims that the trial judge's jury charge erroneously imputed to him the defense of self-defense claimed only by his codefendant and that the trial judge refused his trial counsel's request that...
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