Judgment unanimously affirmed.
The court's charge to the jury did not operate to lessen the People's burden of proving every element of the offenses beyond a reasonable doubt. The instruction on the subject of assessing the credibility of witnesses was essentially correct, and while the court inappropriately referred to "equally balanced scales" in discussing the burden of proof (see, People...
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