Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, there is no reasonable view of the evidence which would support a finding that he was not aware of the risk of death in holding a loaded shotgun with his finger on the trigger in close proximity to the victim to warrant a charge of criminally-negligent homicide as a lesser-included offense of manslaughter in the second degree (see, People v Randolph,
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