People v. Coleman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Appellant was convicted after a jury trial of manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.20 [1]) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (Penal Law § 265.03). The only issue raised on this appeal is whether the trial court’s charge on the issue of causation deprived defendant of a fair trial. Defendant contends that two isolated remarks made by the trial court, during its instructions, one of them unpreserved, removed from the jury the factual question of whether the shooting caused…