Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted.
In its instructions to the jury on reasonable doubt, County Court incorrectly used the phrases "reasonably certain" and "reasonable degree of certainty" when defining the degree of proof to which the People must be held. As we have previously held, that language effectively reduces the People's burden of proof and thereby deprives defendant...
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