The judgment is affirmed substantially for the "plain error" reason expressed in the majority opinion of the Appellate Division. We agree that "[t]o now reverse this judgment because the trial court on its own did not define proximate cause in terms of `substantial possibility' * * * would also offend fundamentally sound principles of appellate review and would be `manifestly unfair to the defendant ... to say...
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