The order of County Court should be affirmed.
We agree that the Trial Judge did not err in refusing to charge the defense of justification pursuant to Penal Law § 35.05 (1). That statute provides in part that conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable and not criminal when "[s]uch conduct is required or authorized by law or by a judicial decree". Defendant's belief that his...
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