People v. Spataro
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: We reject defendant’s contention that errors in the court’s charge require reversal of defendant’s conviction of murder in the second degree. The court’s charge on reasonable doubt, as a whole, conveyed the proper standard to the jury and was not confusing. The court’s "no inference” charge was "consistent in substance with the intent of the statute” (People v Gonzalez, 72 AD2d 508; see, CPL 300.10 [2]) and did not go beyond the plain and simple language of the statute (cf., People v La Dolce, 196 AD2d 49). Defendant did not object to the court’s…
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