Crupi v. New York

1. Whether the trial court's refusal to charge the jury with the defense of justification, where a reasonable view of the evidence supported such a charge, violated Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to a fair trial? 2. Whether the trial court's exclusion of evidence of the deceased's prior violent acts, of which Petitioner had knowledge, violated Petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to present a defense?