Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the court erred in submitting the charge of robbery in the first degree to the jury because he established the affirmative defense that the object he displayed was not a loaded weapon (see, Penal Law § 160.15 [4]). The court properly denied the defendant's motion to dismiss that count as he failed to prove the affirmative defense as a matter of law.
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