Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On March 21, 1991, the defendant and the complainant, a former employee, became involved in an altercation on a Brooklyn street. At one point, the defendant pulled a screwdriver out of his back pocket and struck at the complainant several times, hitting him once in the face and breaking his jaw. On appeal, the defendant claims that, among other things, the court improperly charged the justification defense only under the theory...
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