People v. Cesario

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John Carter, J.), rendered July 18, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree (two counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child (two counts), and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 50 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly declined to submit manslaughter in the second degree as a lesser included offense. There was no reasonable view of the evidence, viewed most favorably to defendant and in light of the “principle of deference to the jury on…