People v. Doctor
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 (Beldock, J.), rendered February 3, 1981, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. In instructing the jury with regard to defendant’s asserted defense of justification (Penal Law, § 35.15), the trial court committed several errors. With regard to the degree of force reasonably necessary to repel a homicidal attack, the trial court several times erroneously referred to the standpoint of an “ordinary reasonable man” in defendant’s situation, thereby…
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