The court properly denied defendant's request for a justification charge, since there was no reasonable view of the evidence, when viewed most favorably to defendant, to support that defense. In addition to clearly being the initial aggressor, defendant escalated what began as a fistfight by using deadly physical force against the unarmed victim, and there was no evidence suggesting that defendant believed, or had any reason to believe, that the victim was using or about...
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