There was no reasonable view of the evidence to support a jury charge on attempted rape, since there was no basis for the jury to discredit the complainant's testimony that there was penetration, while crediting the remainder of her testimony. The brief questioning of the juror in the presence of defendant's counsel but not defendant, was proper (People v Torres,
With respect to the court's Allen charge...
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