The orders of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
Each of defendants seeks a reversal of his conviction of escape in the first degree (Penal Law, § 205.15), inter alia, on the ground that he was denied the right to offer evidence in support of the defense of justification under subdivision 2 of section 35.05 of the Penal Law.
In the colloquy incident to his motions at the close...
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