Defendant-appellant was tried, together with his codefendant Sierra, on a six-count indictment, and convicted of assault, second degree; Sierra was acquitted. Defendant's main point on this appeal is founded on his claim that his defense of justification for use of a knife in the belief that he was about to be shot was not disproved beyond a reasonable doubt. (Penal Law, § 35.10, subd 6; § 25.00, subd 1.) We find in this connection that the verdict of conviction...
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