Defendant's argument that he was deprived of a fair trial by the court's instruction that the jury apply the reasonable doubt standard only after it first determined the credibility of the witnesses by means of a preponderance standard is unpreserved by objection (CPL 470.05 [2]), and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review, we would find that the charge as a whole was proper since it conveyed to the jury that it must determine whether the credible...
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