BECK, Judge:
In this appeal we consider the propriety of using a progression charge to instruct the jury in a murder case. A progression charge instructs the jury to consider at the outset whether a defendant is guilty of the most serious degree or form of the crime with which he has been charged; if not, the jury then proceeds to consider, in descending order of seriousness, defendant's guilt or innocence on the lesser degrees and forms charged. Appellant here claims...
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