People v. Roberts

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme *565Court, Kings County (Firetog, J.), rendered May 22, 2008, convicting Mm of murder in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree for the shooting death of the victim, committed during the course of a robbery. The defendant contends that the Supreme Court erred in denying Ms request to charge the jury with manslaughter in the first degree (see Penal Law § 125.20 [1]) as a lesser-included offense (see CPL 300.50 [1]; People v…