Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court correctly denied the defendant's request to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense of duress (see Penal Law § 40.00), because even when viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the defendant, no reasonable view of the evidence supported such a defense (see People v Butts,
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