People v. Cotton

Appeal from a judgment of the Monroe County Court (James J. Piampiano, J.), rendered June 27, 2013. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of, inter alia, manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.20 [1]), defendant contends that County Court erred in granting the People’s request to charge the jury on manslaughter in the first…