Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the prosecutor's summation comment regarding the defendant's failure to call his former girlfriend as a witness did not, in light of the defendant's testimony, constitute an impermissible effort to shift the burden of proof (see People v Tankleff,
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