PEOPLE v. DOUGLAS


118 A.D.2d 722 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Michael Douglas, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

March 17, 1986


Judgment affirmed.

Although the trial court's charge regarding circumstantial evidence did not include the phrase "to a moral certainty", the jury was sufficiently instructed as to the People's burden of proof regarding circumstantial evidence (see, People v Sanchez, 61 N.Y.2d 1022, 1024). The omission of the words "reasonable doubt" in that same portion of the charge also...

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