The trial court properly declined to submit the lesser included offense of second-degree manslaughter, since there was no reasonable view of the evidence that would have supported a finding that the shooting was merely reckless. Given the testimony that the shots were fired during a heated discussion and from a distance of only a few feet, and the fact that two of the bullets entered the victim's body, the only reasonable interpretation is that the shooting was intentional...
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