People v. Collins

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Egitto, J.), rendered July 14, 1989, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The court did not err in refusing to charge manslaughter in the second degree (see, Penal Law § 125.15 [1]) as a lesser included offense of intentional murder (see, Penal Law § 125.25 [1]). Viewed in the light most favorable to the defendant,…