The defendant contends that the trial court should have charged assault in the second degree as a lesser-included offense of assault in the first degree because a reasonable view of the evidence could support a finding that he recklessly caused serious physical injury to the complainant (see Penal Law § 120.05 [4]). However, the defendant's request at trial to charge second...
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