Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
The trial court properly refused to charge the jury on the misdemeanor crime of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident as a lesser included offense of leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident as a felony (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 600 [2] [b]). To establish entitlement to a lesser included offense charge, defendant must show that in every circumstance it is impossible to commit the greater crime...
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