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People v. Reinoso

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 21, 1999
257 A.D.2d 484 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

January 21, 1999.

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence Tonetti, J.).


A review of the reasonable doubt charge, as a whole, demonstrates that it contained no burden-shifting language ( see, People v. Thomas, 50 N.Y.2d 467) and did not impose an affirmative obligation on the jury to articulate a basis for such doubt ( see, People v. Antommarchi, 80 N.Y.2d 247, 251-252). We find no error in the court's refusal to charge, as requested, that reasonable doubt could be found, not only from the evidence in the case, but also from the lack of evidence ( People v. Radcliffe, 232 N.Y. 249, 254; see also, People v. Nazario, 147 Misc.2d 934). The charge as a whole, including the court's instructions on the jury's evaluation of a one-witness case, adequately conveyed the requested concept.

Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Nardelli, Rubin and Mazzarelli, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Reinoso

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 21, 1999
257 A.D.2d 484 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

People v. Reinoso

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BIENVENIDO REINOSO…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jan 21, 1999

Citations

257 A.D.2d 484 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
685 N.Y.S.2d 4

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