People v. Maynard

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William Wetzel, J.), rendered May 1, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first and second degrees and burglary in the first degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 7 to 14 years, unanimously affirmed.

Although “[t]he preferred phrasing to convey the concept and degree of reasonable doubt is illustrated in the Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions” (People v Cubino, 88 NY2d 998, 1000), the court’s charge on reasonable doubt, viewed in totality, conveyed the appropriate legal principles and does not warrant reversal…