Judgment affirmed.
Memorandum:
Defendant appeals from a judgment following a jury trial convicting him of robbery in the second degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree and assault in the third degree. Defendant contends that County Court's use of the words "substantial doubt" in the charge to the jury on reasonable doubt impermissibly reduced the People's burden of proof. In its charge, the court stated that a reasonable doubt was...
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