People v. Dixon

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Honorof, J.), rendered October 26, 2006, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the County Court’s charge to the jury concerning the defendant as an interested witness *855improperly shifted the burden of proof or undermined the presumption of innocence is without merit. The jury charge properly…