Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
The trial court's failure to charge justification based upon defendant's denial that he assaulted the officers was improper. Refusal to charge such an alternative defense, when there is sufficient evidence to support it, is reversible error (People v Steele,
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