People v. Powell

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Frank Blangiardo, J., at suppression hearing; Clifford Scott, J., at trial with a jury), rendered April 11, 1989, *394convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s arguments that the court should have charged the jury that it could consider the victim’s reputation for violence, prior assaults and threats, and should have given the "first blow” charge are not preserved. Nor did defendant raise the arguments he now…