People v. Warnock

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey Atlas, J.), rendered February 4, 1992, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of arson in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 2Vs to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s contentions that the court’s preliminary instruction on "the job of the defense lawyer * * * to show you where the information brought to you by the district Attorney *34may not be complete, may not be reliable” shifted the burden of proof, and that its expansive instruction on defendant’s decision not to testify denied him a fair trial by drawing excessive…