Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the court erred in misclassifying, for procedural purposes, a statement made by him to the police as inculpatory rather than exculpatory, and that therefore, by instructing the jury that the People have the burden of proving the voluntariness of his statement beyond a reasonable doubt, the court improperly shifted the burden of proof to the defendant. We note initially that the court's charge did not...
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