The inappropriate, but innocuous, comment by the court that defendant challenges on appeal was not an instruction to the jury on the law, did not invite the jury to speculate that certain portions of the charge were more important than others in their deliberations, and could not have caused any prejudice to defendant. The court's supplemental instructions were meaningful responses to the jury's inquiries (see, People v Malloy,
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