Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial by the court's failure to give a robbery justification charge pursuant to Penal Law § 35.15 (2) (b), based on his contention that he was the victim of a robbery. We disagree. On this record, there is no reasonable view of the evidence from which the jury could have concluded that the defendant was the victim of a robbery (see, People v Watts,
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