People v. Tecle

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James Leif, J.), rendered May 20, 1993, convicting defendant, after a 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 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s claim that the court instructed the jury that the burden of proof shifted to the defendant where he offers evidence in his own behalf is unpreserved as a matter of law, since he raised no objection to the charge (see, People v Brown, 220 AD2d 250, lv denied 87 NY2d 898; see also, People v Thomas, 50…