Opinion
February 7, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Brill, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that a comment by the trial court, delivered during its charge, impermissibly shifted the burden of proof to him. However, this isolated comment, when viewed in the context of the entire charge, did not shift the burden, since the court adequately explained the concepts of reasonable doubt and the People's burden of proof, and made it clear that the defendant bore no burden (see, People v. Coleman, 70 N.Y.2d 817; see also, People v. Moore, 185 A.D.2d 251; People v. Jones, 173 A.D.2d 487).
We have examined the defendant's remaining contentions and find that they are without merit or do not require reversal. Bracken, J.P., Sullivan, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.