People v. Ingrassia
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Eiber, J.), rendered May 12, 1981, convicting him of assault in the first degree, assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
Reversible error was committed by the trial court in failing to charge the defense of justification to the jury, as requested by defense counsel. It is well settled that the defense of justification should be charged to the jury if there exists any…
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