Opinion
October 22, 1992
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Budd G. Goodman, J.).
The trial court did not err in refusing to charge robbery in the third degree as a lesser included offense to robbery in the first degree since there was no reasonable view of the evidence that defendant committed the lesser offense but not the greater (see, People v Glover, 57 N.Y.2d 61, 63-64). Evidence at trial clearly established that defendant was armed with a deadly weapon and displayed a firearm for purposes of Penal Law § 160.15 (2) and (4).
Similarly, defendant's claim that the trial court erred in denying his request for a temporary lawful possession charge is without merit. This charge may be given "only where the evidence indicates a transitory lawful possession, and no use of the weapon in a dangerous manner" (People v Karim, 176 A.D.2d 670, 671, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 859). The evidence overwhelmingly indicated that defendant used the gun to rob his victim and to threaten the crowd and the police who followed him after the robbery occurred. Thus, there is no reasonable view of the evidence which could lead a jury to find that the weapon had not been used in a dangerous manner.
Concur — Wallach, J.P., Kupferman, Kassal and Rubin, JJ.