People v. Watts

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1982-11-16

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*301 OPINION OF THE COURT Chief Judge Cooke. A trial court need not charge a jury with respect to an accused’s proffered defense of justification if no view of the evidence establishes the basic elements of the defense. There was such a failure here, and defendant’s conviction should therefore be affirmed. Defendant was convicted aft…

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