Opinion
June 2, 1989
Appeal from the Cayuga County Court, Corning, J.
Present — Dillon, P.J., Doerr, Green, Pine and Davis, JJ.
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The trial court's instructions on the duty to retreat were entirely proper because the incident occurred in a common area of the prison in which defendant was incarcerated and there was evidence in the record which could rationally support a finding that defendant could have safely retreated (see, Penal Law § 35.15 [a]; People v. Barcena, 131 A.D.2d 688, 689, lv denied 70 N.Y.2d 709). We have reviewed the remaining contentions, including those raised by defendant in his supplemental pro se brief, and we find them to be lacking in merit.