Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice and as modified affirmed in accordance with the following Memorandum: We reject the contention of defendant that County Court's reasonable doubt instruction deprived him of due process and a fair trial.
Because there is no evidence from which the jury could conclude that defendant reasonably believed that the victim was about to use deadly physical force, the court properly...
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