Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The County Court properly denied the defendant's request to charge manslaughter in the second degree as a lesser-included offense of murder in the second degree. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the defendant, there was no reasonable view of the evidence that would support a finding that the defendant acted recklessly when he shot the decedent (see CPL 300.50 [1]; People v Wright,
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