Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted on count two of indictment.
Defendant was found guilty of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree under count two of the indictment and acquitted of murder in the second degree under count one. The trial court improperly reduced the People's burden of proof when it charged the jury that "it is possible to establish the guilt of a defendant...
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