Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant shot the victim three times in the chest, at close range, with a .38 caliber revolver. The defendant contends that the Supreme Court erred in denying his request to charge manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.20 [1]) as a lesser-included offense of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]). He argues that the jury could reasonably have found that by shooting the victim three times...
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