People v. Gorman

— Mikoll, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Tompkins County (Friedlander, J.), rendered June 26, 1984, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree.

The issues involved on this appeal are whether (1) County Court erred in allowing testimony at trial regarding a misdeed allegedly perpetrated by defendant on another occasion, unrelated to the crime charged; (2) County Court erred in its charge in refusing to submit manslaughter in the second degree as a lesser included offense of murder in the second degree; and (3) the sentence imposed was…