PEOPLE v. SANTIAGO


242 A.D.2d 446 (1997)

662 N.Y.S.2d 246

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Samuel Santiago, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

September 16, 1997


The court's expanded instruction to the prospective jurors during voir dire to draw no adverse inference from defendant's failure to testify does not warrant reversal. The court's instruction conveyed the substance of CPL 300.10 (2), without in any way qualifying or weakening defendant's privilege against self-incrimination (see, People v Anderson, 168 A.D.2d 360, lv denied

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