On this record, there was sufficient question as to the nature of the unseen object so that the court should have granted defendant's request to charge the jury on the affirmative defense to robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15 [4]). "A defendant is entitled to a charge on the affirmative defense to robbery in the first degree when there is presented sufficient evidence for the jury to find by a preponderance of the evidence that the elements of the defense...
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