People v. Jones
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 (Quinones, J.), rendered March 1, 1988, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, grand larceny in the third degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the court’s isolated query "Who speaks the truth? This is a question for you to decide”, delivered at the end of its charge impermissibly shifted the burden of proof to him.…
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