The court properly refused to charge the lesser included offense of criminal possession in the seventh degree since there was no reasonable view of the evidence that would permit a finding that defendant committed the lesser but not the greater offense. The observing officer's testimony was integrated and there was no rational basis to reject only that portion which described conduct by defendant unmistakably evincing drug sales (see, People v Scarborough, ...
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