The People v. Carlos Valentin

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. ----------------------------------------------------------------- No. 33 The People &c., Appellant, v. Carlos Valentin, Respondent. Virginia A. Marciano, for appellant. Robert S. Dean, for respondent. ABDUS-SALAAM, J.: The trial court did not commit reversible error by including an initial aggressor exception in its justification charge. As there was a reasonable view of the evidence that defendant was the initial aggressor in the use of deadly physical force, this factual determination was…