Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
On June 26, 1995, the defendant, who was taking care of his children at his estranged wife's rented home, heard a noise and saw a ladder positioned outside a second-floor window. Believing that an intruder may have been entering the premises, the defendant ran downstairs and opened the door to the outside. Although the defendant claimed that the person on the ladder (who turned out to be...
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