eBook details
- Title: People State New York v. James Graydon
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 14, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
Description
We have not passed upon the findings of fact implicit in the verdict. The testimony of various witnesses was in sharp dispute as to the events leading up to the shooting of Henry Dennis by defendant. One of the central issues before the jury involved the defense of justification. The jury was properly instructed that defendant was not entitled to use physical force if he was the initial aggressor and did not communicate his intention to withdraw from the conflict or if he provoked the action with the intention to cause physical injury to another (see [43 A.D.2d 842 Page 843]