Ordered that the judgment is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the sentence on the conviction of murder in the second degree to 15 years to life; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant has not preserved for appellate review his contentions regarding the court's instructions to the jury on the presumption of innocence and a defendant's right not to testify (see, People v Williams,
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