A trial court need not charge a jury with respect to an accused's proffered defense of justification if no view of the evidence establishes the basic elements of the defense. There was such a failure here, and defendant's conviction should therefore be affirmed.
Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth...
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