The defendant further argues that the trial court committed reversible error when it declined to charge the jury, as the defense requested, that the defendant could not be found guilty of felony murder if the intent to rob the victim was formed after the assault upon the victim. We disagree.
The record indicates that the trial court charged the jury that the defendant could be found guilty of felony murder only if they found, inter alia, that the People proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant "caused the death of Thomas Butera while in the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempted commission of robbery or immediate flight therefrom”. This charge was in accord with the language contained in the approved Criminal Jury Instructions (2 CJI[NY] PL 125.25 [3], at 222-227) and was proper in all respects. Moreover, there was sufficient proof presented to the jury to support its factual determination that the homicide occurred in the course of and in furtherance of a robbery (People v Jeffries, 122 AD2d 281, lv denied 68 NY2d 915; cf., People v Rice, 61 AD2d 758).
The sentence imposed was appropriate under the circumstances (see, People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80). We have considered the defendant’s remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Mangano, J. P., Brown, Kooper and Balletta, JJ., concur.