It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]), defendant contends that County Court erred in failing to charge the jury on the defense of mistake of fact (see § 15.20 [1] [a]). Defendant failed to preserve that contention for our review (see People v Streeter,
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