People v. Cantel

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Beal, J.), rendered November 26, 1991, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of AVz to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

To the extent defendant entered appropriate objections during the prosecutor’s summation, the trial court sustained them and, sua sponte, instructed the jury regarding the burden of proof. Those instructions were repeated and expounded upon during the main charge to the jury. Thus, any possible prejudice to…