While defendant and another young man were engaged in a fist fight at the scene of a large gathering of young people near Johnstown, New York, severe knife wounds in the neck and throat were sustained by the other participant. The wounds were so severe that without prompt emergency medical and surgical attention, the victim would have died. Admittedly, defendant was in possession of a knife, but it is his contention that infliction of the wounds was accidental, as the knife...
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