Defendant contends that the jury charge on reasonable doubt impermissibly shifted the burden of proof. The charge, viewed as a whole, conveyed the proper standard. The court's singular statement that the jurors "must be in a position to furnish their reason if asked to do so" by a fellow juror, did not impose an "affirmative obligation" on the jurors "to supply concrete reasons `based upon the evidence' for [an] inclination to acquit" (People v Antommarchi...
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