Defendant, charged with murder in the second degree, was convicted, after jury trial, of the lesser offense of manslaughter in the first degree. At trial, defendant admitted stabbing Robert Bledsoe, his roommate, in an alleyway near the apartment they shared on Convent Avenue, but claimed that he was justified, as the deceased had thrice lunged at him with a knife, necessitating that defendant draw his own knife and stab the deceased in self-defense. However, credible evidence...
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