Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and indictment dismissed without prejudice to the People to re-present any appropriate charges to another Grand Jury.
Memorandum:
The trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the justifiable use of deadly force to prevent or terminate a burglary (see, Penal Law § 35.20 [3]; People v Williams,
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