People v. Delgado

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Dominic R. Massaro, J.), rendered August 1, 2012, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to 20 years, and otherwise affirmed.

The court properly declined to submit the lesser included offense of second-degree manslaughter, or the defense of intoxication. Neither was supported by a reasonable view of the evidence, viewed most favorably to defendant.

Defendant…