Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
Presented with several conflicting versions of the events preceding the fatal stabbing of one Kenneth Spencer, the jury was faced with the task of determining the applicability of the defense of justification raised by the accused. Despite the court's initial charge on justification which was correct on the law, the jury apparently had considerable difficulty...
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