Defendant's contention that the court improperly instructed the jury not to apply the reasonable doubt standard until after determining the credibility of witnesses is not preserved for appellate review. Were we to review it, we would find it to be without merit, since defendant misreads the court's charge, which read as a whole, properly conveyed to the jury that "it must determine whether the credible proof established defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt" (People...
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