Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
In our opinion the defendant sufficiently raised the defense of justification under section 35.15 (subd 1, par [b]) of the Penal Law so as to require the trial court to instruct the jury that the prosecution had the burden of disproving the defense of justification beyond a reasonable doubt (see People v Steele,
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