Defendant was arrested after firing five shots at the fleeing complainant who had just hit the codefendant in the face with a tree limb.
Defendant claims that he acted in self-defense and that the prosecution failed to disprove such at trial. Defendant's contention is without merit. The four witnesses to this incident all agreed that defendant fired the shots across East Broadway in lower Manhattan, after a fleeing complainant. Clearly, there was no current threat...
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