The trial court's curative instructions, given at the request of defense counsel, in connection with the prosecutor's inaccurate summary of a portion of the testimony, and regarding a comment that might have been construed as shifting the burden of proof, served to eliminate any prejudice to defendant. It is presumed that the jury understood and followed those instructions (People v Davis,
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