Defendant did not request a charge on the defense of justification, and the court was under no obligation to deliver one sua sponte. It was clear that defense counsel was pursuing a theory that the complainant was stabbed with his own knife during a struggle over the knife, as opposed to a theory that defendant stabbed the complainant in self-defense. Regardless of whether the evidence might have supported multiple defenses, an unrequested justification charge would have...
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