Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The Supreme Court erred in denying the defendant's request to charge attempted petit larceny as a lesser-included offense of robbery in the second degree. There was a reasonable view of the evidence that would have supported a finding that the defendant committed the lesser offense but did not commit the greater (see CPL 300.50; People v. Glover,
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