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PEOPLE v. COLBY

122 A.D.2d 546 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Patrick Colby, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

July 11, 1986

Judgment unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:

On appeal from a judgment convicting defendant of manslaughter in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.15 [1]), defendant's primary claim is that the trial court erred in its charge on the law of justification by instructing the jury to use an objective standard. We reject this claim because we find the charge in this case indistinguishable from the trial court's charge in People v Comfort (

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