We conclude that the trial court properly submitted to the jury the crime of menacing (Penal Law, § 120.15). Under the particular facts of this case menacing was a lesser included offense with respect to assault in the second degree (CPL 1.20, subd. 37), and there was a reasonable view of the evidence in this record which would have supported a finding that each of the defendants committed such lesser offense...
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