Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bryant Evans, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-10-22
Citations: 232 A.D.2d 275
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Bryant Evans, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 232
Pages: 275–275

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Bryant Evans, Appellant.
[648 NYS2d 556]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered May 20, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 81/3 to 25 years and 21/3 to 7 years on the manslaughter and third-degree possession convictions, respectively, concurrent to a term of 5 to 15 years on the remaining conviction, unanimously affirmed.
The trial court properly declined to submit the lesser included offense of second-degree manslaughter, since there was no reasonable view of the evidence that would have supported a finding that the shooting was merely reckless. Given the testimony that the shots were fired during a heated discussion and from a distance of only a few feet, and the fact that two of the bullets entered the victim's body, the only reasonable interpretation is that the shooting was intentional (see, People v Barden, 194 AD2d 548, lv denied 82 NY2d 707).
We have considered defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Kupferman, Nardelli, Tom and Mazzarelli, JJ.