People v. Carfagna

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: There is no merit to the contention that County Court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a mistrial (see, CPL 280.10 [1]). The court struck the testimony objected to and immediately gave curative instructions that sufficiently eliminated any danger of prejudice to defendant (see, People v Valenti, 199 AD2d 617, 618, Iv denied 83 NY2d 811).

The court’s charge on reasonable doubt as a whole conveyed the proper standard of proof, and the court’s description of the trial as a "search for the truth”, although not favored, does not require reversal…