People v. Thomas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Barasch, J.), rendered March 13, 1991, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find unpersuasive the defendant’s contention that he was denied a fair trial by the prosecutor’s summation comments regarding the issue of credibility. While the prosecutor advised the jurors that they would have "to decide who you are going to believe”, this remark did not improperly shift the *603burden of proof to the defense.…
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