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EVIDENCE SUPPORTED JURY INSTRUCTION ON THE JUSTIFICATION DEFENSE, NEW TRIAL ORDERED.

The Second Department determined the trial evidence supported defendant's request for a jury instruction of the justification defense. A new trial was ordered:

Here, based upon the testimony of the People's witnesses, there was a reasonable view of the evidence that would permit the jury to conclude that the defendant reasonably believed that the use of deadly force was necessary to prevent Jimmy [the victim] from using deadly force against the defendant or his friend, Ranjit … . There was testimony that, immediately before he was stabbed, Jimmy was belligerent and wielded a knife inside the defendant's home, and that he had threatened Ranjit's life. Significantly, Ranjit and another witness described Jimmy as the initial aggressor … . Moreover, this incident occurred in the defendant's dwelling and, thus, to the extent that he believed that Jimmy was about to use deadly physical force against him, he was under no duty to retreat … . People v Singh, 2016 NY Slip Op 03537, 2nd Dept 5-4-16

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