People v. Brabham
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered January 13, 1978, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. Presented with several conflicting versions of the events preceding the fatal stabbing of one Kenneth Spencer, the jury was faced with the task of determining the applicability of the defense of justification raised by the accused. Despite the court’s initial charge on justification which was…
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