The People of the State of New York v. Mitchell Randolph

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the Appellate Division’s order, holding that the trial court correctly refused a jury instruction on criminally negligent homicide as a lesser‑included offense of second‑degree manslaughter because the evidence showed the defendant acted with recklessness, which necessarily includes criminal negligence, and no reasonable view of the evidence would allow a finding of the lesser offense without the greater.